Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal) · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Value
- £2,435,652
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Agricultural & horticultural services · Animal husbandry services (CPV 77500000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 026479-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Aug 2024
- Published20 Aug 2024Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) requires the collection of dead wild birds that are deemed to be of surveillance value, and delivery of the wild bird carcases to designated APHA Veterinary Investigation Centre (VIC) or Scotland Rural College Disease Surveillance Centre (SRUCDSC) sites for testing.<br/><br/>APHA also requires the provision of unique wild bird carcase identification numbers which will be held on a Central Spreadsheet.<br/><br/>Collection (and delivery) of specified small mammalian carcases will also be required, particularly if mortalities are linked epidemiologically to an AI outbreak in wild birds.<br/><br/>The Contractor will be required to have a network of personnel to act as Collectors across mainland Great Britain (GB) to ensure maximum efficiency in the Contractor’s timely ability to collect carcases upon request from the Authority. As a minimum this shall mean that the Contractor can collect and deliver any carcase across mainland GB within forty-eigh…
About the supplier
Eville and Jones (Commercial Services) Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09341619).