Published date: 7 March 2019

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 28 March 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Animal products and related products - 03140000

  • Small animals - 03325000

  • Farm animal products - 03330000

    • Animal products, meat and meat products - 15100000

    • Machines for cleaning, sorting or grading eggs, fruit or other produce - 16610000

    • Research, testing and scientific technical simulator - 38970000

    • Research and experimental development services - 73100000

Location of contract

East of England

Procurement reference

ABS 001

Published date

7 March 2019

Closing date

28 March 2019

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Agency is looking to purchase fresh high quality fertile chicken eggs suitable for medical research.

The specification for the eggs are as follows :

• Fresh high quality fertile chicken eggs suitable for medical research with good shell strength, free of cracks and other damage, with low (less than 1%) incidence of misplaced air sac, and able to achieve a normal growth rate in at least 95% of eggs incubated for 10 days
• Flock/s to be maintained to DEFRA Poultry Health Scheme standards with regular health screening
• Eggs to have white shells and a minimum weight of 50 g
• Able to supply at least 1000 eggs per week split over 2 separate deliveries (currently 300 Mondays and 700 Thursdays)
• Able to respond to short notice (one week) requests for increase in numbers (up to several hundred eggs)
• Eggs to be delivered by the company's own transport
• Notification must be made to NIBSC of any changes in service or specifications (including changes to the flock/s and health status of the flock) before affected eggs are dispatched.

As far as we are aware there is only one supplier who is able to meet this very specific request. Potential suppliers if they feel they can meet the requirement should email Nawaz.habib@nibsc.org to register an interest.

If no submissions of potential interest are received by close of play 28 March 2019, it is then intended to perform a direct award without competition to the sole supplier we believe can deliver the required product.

About the buyer

Contact name

Nawaz Habib

Address

South Mimms
Potters Bar
EN6 3QG
England

Telephone

01707641212

Email

nawaz.habib@nibsc.org