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title: "Laboratory Quality Testing for AHDB's Recommended List Project"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-030fd5"
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# Laboratory Quality Testing for AHDB's Recommended List Project

Buyer: AGRICULTURE & HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-030fd5

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## Summary

The Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) in the UK has completed a tender process titled "Laboratory Quality Testing for AHDB's Recommended List Project." This procurement, categorised under agricultural services, aimed to assess the quality characteristics of grain samples, with key activities including managing sample receipt and conducting various laboratory quality tests. The awards were signed on 9 November 2021 and 15 December 2021, with a total value of £597,034 across two contracts. The tender was conducted via an open procedure, allowing interested suppliers to apply for multiple lots focusing on specific crops such as wheat, oats, and barley.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses in the agricultural testing and quality assessment sector, particularly those experienced in conducting specialised laboratory tests for crops. Suppliers capable of providing services in wheat milling and baking, quality testing of cereals, and micro-malting of barley would find themselves well-suited to compete. With the contracts already awarded to active suppliers, new entrants should consider their unique offerings or collaborative approaches to ensure they remain competitive in this niche market.

## Notice

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 1234

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 contracts will be awarded for: to manage receipt of samples, carry out quality test procedures and produce results for AHDB.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002364-2022 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Jan 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 9 Nov 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £597,034 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | AGRICULTURE & HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD |
| Locality | KENILWORTH |
| Post town | Coventry |
| Postcode | CV8 2TL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire |
| ITL 3 | TLG13 Warwickshire CC |
| Local authority | Warwick |
| Electoral ward | Cubbington & Leek Wootton |
| Westminster constituency | Kenilworth and Southam |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | CAMPDEN BRI (CHIPPING CAMPDEN; NIAB |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 03 - Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
- 77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

### Codes

- 03000000 - Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
- 77000000 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

## Release History

- 26 Jan 2022 at 22:45 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002364-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.ahdb.org.uk
- https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:335604-2016:TEXT:EN:HTML

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