Published date: 11 March 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 1 April 2022, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Sales or marketing software package - 48481000

  • Laboratory services - 71900000

  • Marketing services - 79342000

Location of contract

Northern Ireland

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

MT225614

Published date

11 March 2022

Closing date

1 April 2022

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

3 June 2022

Contract end date

1 October 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

safefood is inviting tenders for the provision of the provision of a database of food testing laboratory services currently available on the island of Ireland.
safefood is responsible for promoting awareness and knowledge of food safety and healthy eating on the island of Ireland. Part of this includes promoting scientific co-operation and links between food testing laboratories across the island. safefood has set up a number of support programmes that encourage and initiate inter-laboratory co-operation. In particular, such partnerships encourage information and technology transfer. Some of the initiatives launched include:
Supporting accreditation through events such as workshops designed specifically for laboratory staff who wish to understand present and future requirements of accreditation
Establishing co-operative programmes and initiatives such as the Food Safety Skills Fund which allows laboratory personnel to participate in exchange visits or training at other food safety laboratories, research establishments and centres of excellence
Providing training to support previous safefood-funded Laboratory Information Management System infrastructures in both Northern Ireland and Ireland to facilitate rapid electronic reporting of food testing results and contribute to a speed response to food outbreak management
Incorporate laboratory activities within safefood's food safety publications.
A database giving a detailed account of food testing laboratory services available on the island of Ireland will be useful to either those who already use some of these services (e.g. food businesses), to individual laboratories who may wish to avail of the specialised analyses provided by other laboratories, and to organisations or individuals who may have need of some of the analyses offered.
Full details can be found: https://www.safefood.net/lab-tenders-2022

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About the buyer

Contact name

Mairead McCann

Address

7 Eastgate Avenue
Little Island
NN5 5LN
England

Telephone

+353 212304100

Email

mmccann@safefood.net

Website

https://www.safefood.net/lab-tenders-2022