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

What the buyer is asking for

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.

How this is scored

Published by the buyer. A winning response is written to these weightings, not to the question.

• qualityMR1: Compliance with Regulations and Specification in fullPass/Fail Criterion
• qualityAC1: Proposed MethodologyWeighting - 16%
• qualityAC2: Contract Management and Contingency ArrangementsWeighting: 14%
• qualityAC3: Social ValueWeighting: 10%
• priceAC4: Total Contract PriceWeighting: 60%

What you must already have

Conditions of participation. These are pass or fail, so check them before writing anything.

• economic

  N/A

• technical

  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) CoP2: ISO17025 or Equivalent

How contested is this?

Buyers publish how many bids they received. Across 188 comparable procurements we can tell you the typical field size, how often one of these goes uncontested, and whether the buyer awards on price or on quality.

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice publishedyesterday

   6 Nov 2026, 14:19 GMT
2. Clarification questions byin 13 days

   20 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
3. Submission deadlinein 25 days

   2 Dec 2026, 15:00 GMT
4. Award decision expected byin 58 days

   4 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Nothing awarded yet

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

1. Tender notice6 Nov 2026, 14:19 GMT105767-2026

Payment terms

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.

Documents

• Tender notice on Find a Tender