Published date: 26 March 2024

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: 8 May 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Animal husbandry services - 77500000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£1

Procurement reference

CF-0269000D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

26 March 2024

Closing date

8 May 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 September 2024

Contract end date

31 August 2029

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) requires the collection of dead wild birds that are deemed to be of surveillance value, and delivery of the carcases to designated APHA Veterinary Investigation Centre (VIC) or Scotland Rural College Disease Surveillance Centre (SRUCDSC) sites for testing.

APHA also requires the provision of unique wild bird carcase identification numbers which will be held on a Central Spreadsheet.

Collection (and delivery) of specified small mammalian carcases will also be required, particularly if mortalities are linked epidemiologically to an AI outbreak in wild birds.

The Contractor will be required to have a network of personnel to act as Collectors across mainland Great Britain (GB) to ensure maximum efficiency in the Contractor's timely ability to collect carcases upon request from the Authority. As a minimum this shall mean that the Contractor can collect and deliver any carcase across mainland GB within forty-eight (48) hours of the Authority's request (i.e., for a Collector to travel from their point of origin to the location of the carcase(s) and then either to an APHAVIC or SRUCDSC, and/or a return journey).

While this Contract primarily covers collections from mainland GB, Services from GB islands (excluding Crown Dependencies) may be requested. If this situation occurs the Contractor would be expected to provide a quotation and estimated timescale or the collection. The APHA Veterinary Lead in Avian Virology would then advise if the collection should go ahead.

Note that the value shown on this notice is very approximate and covers the full potential 5-year contract period (01/09/2024 to 31/08/2027 with up to 24 months extension allowable).

If you are interested in this requirement please ensure you are registered on Defra's e-Sourcing system Atamis https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

If you need technical help with the Atamis system when registering please contact the Atamis support team e-mail
Support@Atamis.co.uk or phone Tel: 029 2279 0052.

Any questions, requests to participate or tender submissions must be submitted electronically via the portal.

About the buyer

Contact name

Melanie Swain

Address

Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom

Email

melanie.swain@defra.gov.uk