Notice Information
Notice Title
Laboratory Quality Testing for AHDB's Recommended List Project
Notice Description
The information provided by the RLs enables levy payers to select variety's that are optimal for their cropping system and meet the requirements of their local market. Key to this is the assessment of varietal quality characterists. Grain samples are taken at harvest from trial plots by the RL trials operators and sent to the relevant quality testing laboratory to carry out various laboratory quality tests and assessments on them. It is this part of the process for which the tenderers are applying: to manage receipt of samples, carry out quality test procedures as described in this ITT and produce results for AHDB. The laboratory quality tests have been divided into four lots for this tender according to crop and types of tests. Tenderers are invited to apply for single or multiple lots as per the list below : Lot 1 Wheat Milling & Baking Lot 2 Quality testing Cereals (Excluding Oats) & Oil content of Oilseed Rape and Linseed Lot 3 Quality testing Oats Lot 4 Barley MicroMalting
Lot Information
Lot 1
Lot 1 Wheat Milling & Baking. Additional information: All information pertaining to each Lot is within the tender documentation and Protocols.
Lot 2Lot 2 Quality testing Cereals (Excluding Oats) & Oil content of Oilseed Rape and Linseed. Additional information: Further information is within tender documentation and Protocols
Lot 3Lot 3 Quality testing Oats. Additional information: Further information is provided within the specification and Protocol
Lot 4Lot 4 Barley MicroMalting. Additional information: Further information will be found in specification and Protocol
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02bff9
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014470-2021
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
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- CPV Codes
77000000 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Jun 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 17 Aug 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Dec 2021 - 30 Nov 2026 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- February 2026
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- AGRICULTURE & HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@ahdb.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2476692051
Buyer Location
- Locality
- KENILWORTH
- Postcode
- CV8 2TL
- Post Town
- Coventry
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG13 Warwickshire CC
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Warwick
- Electoral Ward
- Cubbington & Leek Wootton
- Westminster Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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