Published date: 18 October 2021
Last edited date: 16 November 2021
This notice was replaced on 1 February 2022
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Awarded contract (published 1 February 2022, last edited 4 February 2022)
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Contract summary
Industry
Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£1
Procurement reference
tender_287977/1006257
Published date
18 October 2021
Closing date
19 November 2021
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
13 December 2021
Contract end date
31 August 2022
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?
Yes
Description
Applicants are invited to submit tenders to plan a full-scale inter-laboratory collaborative trial on the methods that were developed under Defra project FA0171 on the quantitation of horse DNA in processed beef and pork DNA in raw and processed beef. The proposed collaborative studies should follow the principals of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) (IUPAC protocol on design, conduct and interpretation of collaborative studies) and the European Network of GMO laboratories (ENGL) (Definition of minimum performance requirements for analytical methods of GMO testing).
About the buyer
Address
Foss House, Peasholme Green
York
YO1 7PR
England
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