ID 6581767 - DAERA - VSAGH - Protein of Animal Origin Testing in Feed

The Department requires a Supplier to test feed samples in an officially approved laboratory. Department staff will collect the feed samples from farms, stores, mills and merchants, and the contract will involve all types of feed, including, straights, compound feeds, pellets etc. The key objective of this procurement is to adhere to EU Regulation 999/2001.

— From the tender document (tenderNotice): - Possible extension to 16 March 2032 There are three options to extend for a period of one year each at the Buyers discretion. Legal and financial capacity conditions of participation Two conditions of participation that suppliers must satisfy in order to have their tenders assessed against the award criterion.

CoP1: EU Approved Official Laboratory (OL)

Tenders must be submitted electronically via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) opportunity on eTendersNI, website details immediately below. Paper submissions will not be accepted or considered and will be rejected by the Contracting Authority / Buyer. The tender documents are available with unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: URL https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps Publication date of next tender notice (estimated): 10 November 2031 The estimated value figure indicated in the Scope Section represents an overall estimated contract value. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account potential optional extension periods and the uptake of potential optional services as detailed in the tender documents. This figure does not however take into account the application of indexation or increases to charges due to increases in the Real Living Wage. Neither CPD nor the contracting Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Suppliers remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Supplier in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise (and a Supplier shall have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into) until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the Contracting Authority.