Published date: 21 December 2016
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.
Contract summary
Industry
Monitoring and control services - 71700000
Data collection and collation services - 72314000
Veterinary services - 85200000
Environmental services - 90700000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£0
Procurement reference
tender_133114/556214
Published date
21 December 2016
Closing date
30 January 2017
Contract start date
26 March 2018
Contract end date
28 September 2020
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The Authority is conducting an Open Procedure to look for a Contractor or Contractors to deliver an Animal Health and Welfare Project to improve farm productivity in England. This is set out in two distinct lots of work:
• Lot 1 Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) - to achieve a reduction in the level of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) in cattle. The duration of this contract will be for 3 years plus 6 months reporting, a total of 3½ years.
The Contractor(s) will be required to work with qualified vets to ensure that a consistent disease control message is relayed to all participants. The Contractor(s) will hold initial training meetings to establish clusters of livestock keepers. Each cluster will be led by a vet who will provide advice to farmers in the form of an advice report written following an on farm advice visit.
For BVD they will inform the farmer of the level of testing required to establish the disease status of the herd. The farmer will fund the disease test but the Contractor will be responsible for collating the results and arranging for the vet to carry out a follow up visit. The Contractor will ensure that a follow up meeting is held for each of the clusters after its members have received the results of the disease test and follow up advice report which is informed by any disease test results.
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