Laboratory Quality Testing for AHDB's Recommended List Project

Contract summary

Industry

• Cereals - 03211000

• Laboratory services - 71900000

• Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services - 77000000

Location of contract

CV8 2TL

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_278409/1036390

Published date

26 January 2022

Closing date

17 August 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 December 2021

Contract end date

30 November 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

The information provided by the RLs enables levy payers to select variety's that are optimal for their cropping system and meet the requirements of their local market. Key to this is the assessment of varietal quality characterists.
Grain samples are taken at harvest from trial plots by the RL trials operators and sent to the relevant quality testing laboratory to carry out various laboratory quality tests and assessments on them. It is this part of the process for which the tenderers are applying: to manage receipt of samples, carry out quality test procedures as described in this ITT and produce results for AHDB.
The laboratory quality tests have been divided into four lots for this tender according to crop and types of tests. Tenderers are invited to apply for single or multiple lots as per the list below :
Lot 1 Wheat Milling & Baking
Lot 2 Quality testing Cereals (Excluding Oats) & Oil content of Oilseed Rape and Linseed
Lot 3 Quality testing Oats
Lot 4 Barley MicroMalting

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More information

Attachments

• Contract Lab Quality Testing FV1_Redacted.pdf
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Additional text

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Award information

Awarded date

19 October 2021

Contract start date

1 December 2021

Contract end date

30 November 2026

Total value of contract

£693,456.78

This contract was awarded to 2 suppliers.

NIAB

Campden BRI (Chipping Campden) Limited

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About the buyer

Address

Stoneleigh Park
Kenilworth
CV8 2TL
England

Email

procurement@ahdb.org.uk