--- title: "Animal Feed Services" ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000559035" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000559035" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000559035.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000559035.json" source: "Public Contracts Scotland" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "FOOD STANDARDS SCOTLAND (FSS)" published: "2019-01-18" --- # Animal Feed Services Buyer: FOOD STANDARDS SCOTLAND (FSS) Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000559035 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000559035) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000559035.json) ## Summary Food Standards Scotland (FSS) is seeking a Service Provider for the "Animal Feed Services" tender, which falls under the general public services category within the services sector. The procurement method employed is an open procedure, aimed at delivering interventions and enforcement relating to animal feed in Scotland, complying with both EC and UK legislation. Key dates include a submission deadline of 29 October 2018 at 12:00 PM, with the award expected to begin immediately after this date. The procurement process covers various Local Authority areas such as South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire, and Glasgow. This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses involved in animal feed production, food hygiene, or related sectors. Companies that specialise in inspections, sampling, and compliance with animal feed regulations will find the tender particularly relevant. The broad geographic scope and varied needs will be beneficial for feed manufacturers, suppliers, and businesses looking to expand their services within the Scottish public sector, especially those knowledgeable in legislative requirements and community interaction. ## Notice The Service Provider shall provide the delivery of interventions (official controls) and enforcement of animal feed in accordance with EC and UK Law in Scotland. in addition, when on farms to carry out its feed function, the Service Provider shall also carry out official controls and enforcement of food hygiene primary production. Interventions, for the purposes of this arrangement, are inspections ans sampling visits. In fulfilling the requirements of this arrangement, the Service Provider shall do so in accordance with the Feed Manual and the draft Feed Enforcement Policy ### Lot Information consisting of the Local Authority areas of South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire, City of Glasgow All feed businesses are within scope of this requirement: from farmers to feed manufacturers and former foodstuffs suppliers that supply the animal feed industry. For a full list of the different types of feed businesses, please see link below: https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/starting-an-animal-feed-business All legislation relating to feed, except medicated feed where the competence sits with the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, is included within scope, including feed hygiene, feed additives, undesirables and feed labelling and composition. Historically, FSS has encouraged local authorities to carry out feed and food primary production interventions at the same time due to the similarity between the Annex I (primary production) requirements of the EU Feed Hygiene Regulation (No. 183/2005) and the Annex I (primary production) requirements of the EU Food Hygiene Regulation (No. 852/2004). FSS acknowledges the benefits this has for businesses therefore, most, but not all, food primary production is included within scope of this requirement. Food hygiene on farm shall be inspected at the same time as feed hygiene on farm. This applies to most arable and livestock farms. The Table in the specification details which food primary production feed activities come within scope of the Contract, and where they do not, who is responsible. FSS shall take a role in the delivery of administrative functions for feed, including processing of intelligence and horizon scanning to inform risk analysis, intervention planning and development of guidance and officer training. The detail of Service Provider(s) and FSS functions are provided in Chapter 1 of the Feed Manual.. Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 Renewal: An option to extend for a period of up to 12 months consisting of the Local Authority areas of South Ayrshire, North Ayrshire, East Ayrshire, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire All feed businesses are within scope of this requirement: from farmers to feed manufacturers and former foodstuffs suppliers that supply the animal feed industry. For a full list of the different types of feed businesses, please see link below: https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/starting-an-animal-feed-business All legislation relating to feed, except medicated feed where the competence sits with the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, is included within scope, including feed hygiene, feed additives, undesirables and feed labelling and composition. Historically, FSS has encouraged local authorities to carry out feed and food primary production interventions at the same time due to the similarity between the Annex I (primary production) requirements of the EU Feed Hygiene Regulation (No. 183/2005) and the Annex I (primary production) requirements of the EU Food Hygiene Regulation (No. 852/2004). FSS acknowledges the benefits this has for businesses therefore, most, but not all, food primary production is included within scope of this requirement. Food hygiene on farm shall be inspected at the same time as feed hygiene on farm. This applies to most arable and livestock farms. The Table in the specification details which food primary production feed activities come within scope of the Contract, and where they do not, who is responsible. FSS shall take a role in the delivery of administrative functions for feed, including processing of intelligence and horizon scanning to inform risk analysis, intervention planning and development of guidance and officer training. The detail of Service Provider(s) and FSS functions are provided in Chapter 1 of the Feed Manual.. Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition of they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) 2015 Renewal: An option to extend for a period of up to 12 months consisting of the Local Authroity areas of Scottish Borders, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian All feed businesses are within scope of this requirement: from farmers to feed manufacturers and former foodstuffs suppliers that supply the animal feed industry. For a full list of the different types of feed businesses, please see link below: https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/starting-an-animal-feed-business All legislation relating to feed, except medicated feed where the competence sits with the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, is included within scope, including feed hygiene, feed additives, undesirables and feed labelling and composition. Historically, FSS has encouraged local authorities to carry out feed and food primary production interventions at the same time due to the similarity between the Annex I (primary production) requirements of the EU Feed Hygiene Regulation (No. 183/2005) and the Annex I (primary production) requirements of the EU Food Hygiene Regulation (No. 852/2004). FSS acknowledges the benefits this has for businesses therefore, most, but not all, food primary production is included within scope of this requirement. Food hygiene on farm shall be inspected at the same time as feed hygiene on farm. This applies to most arable and livestock farms. The Table in the specification details which food primary production feed activities come within scope of the Contract, and where they do not, who is responsible. FSS shall take a role in the delivery of administrative functions for feed, including processing of intelligence and horizon scanning to inform risk analysis, intervention planning and development of guidance and officer training. The detail of Service Provider(s) and FSS functions are provided in Chapter 1 of the Feed Manual.. Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) 2015 Renewal: An option to extend for a period of up to 12 months consisting of the Local Authority areas of Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City, Shetland Islands All feed businesses are within scope of this requirement: from farmers to feed manufacturers and former foodstuffs suppliers that supply the animal feed industry. For a full list of the different types of feed businesses, please see link below: https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/starting-an-animal-feed-business All legislation relating to feed, except medicated feed where the competence sits with the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, is included within scope, including feed hygiene, feed additives, undesirables and feed labelling and composition. Historically, FSS has encouraged local authorities to carry out feed and food primary production interventions at the same time due to the similarity between the Annex I (primary production) requirements of the EU Feed Hygiene Regulation (No. 183/2005) and the Annex I (primary production) requirements of the EU Food Hygiene Regulation (No. 852/2004). FSS acknowledges the benefits this has for businesses therefore, most, but not all, food primary production is included within scope of this requirement. Food hygiene on farm shall be inspected at the same time as feed hygiene on farm. This applies to most arable and livestock farms. The Table in the specification details which food primary production feed activities come within scope of the Contract, and where they do not, who is responsible. FSS shall take a role in the delivery of administrative functions for feed, including processing of intelligence and horizon scanning to inform risk analysis, intervention planning and development of guidance and officer training. The detail of Service Provider(s) and FSS functions are provided in Chapter 1 of the Feed Manual.. Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) 2015 Renewal: An option to extend for a period of up to 12 months consisting of the Local Authority areas of Moray, Highland, Orkney Islands, Western Islands All feed businesses are within scope of this requirement: from farmers to feed manufacturers and former foodstuffs suppliers that supply the animal feed industry. For a full list of the different types of feed businesses, please see link below: https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/starting-an-animal-feed-business All legislation relating to feed, except medicated feed where the competence sits with the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, is included within scope, including feed hygiene, feed additives, undesirables and feed labelling and composition. Historically, FSS has encouraged local authorities to carry out feed and food primary production interventions at the same time due to the similarity between the Annex I (primary production) requirements of the EU Feed Hygiene Regulation (No. 183/2005) and the Annex I (primary production) requirements of the EU Food Hygiene Regulation (No. 852/2004). FSS acknowledges the benefits this has for businesses therefore, most, but not all, food primary production is included within scope of this requirement. Food hygiene on farm shall be inspected at the same time as feed hygiene on farm. This applies to most arable and livestock farms. The Table in the specification details which food primary production feed activities come within scope of the Contract, and where they do not, who is responsible. FSS shall take a role in the delivery of administrative functions for feed, including processing of intelligence and horizon scanning to inform risk analysis, intervention planning and development of guidance and officer training. The detail of Service Provider(s) and FSS functions are provided in Chapter 1 of the Feed Manual.. Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 Renewal: An option to extend for a period of up to 12 months consisting of the Local Authority areas of Angus, City of Dundee, Perth and Kinross, Fife All feed businesses are within scope of this requirement: from farmers to feed manufacturers and former foodstuffs suppliers that supply the animal feed industry. For a full list of the different types of feed businesses, please see link below: https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/starting-an-animal-feed-business All legislation relating to feed, except medicated feed where the competence sits with the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, is included within scope, including feed hygiene, feed additives, undesirables and feed labelling and composition. Historically, FSS has encouraged local authorities to carry out feed and food primary production interventions at the same time due to the similarity between the Annex I (primary production) requirements of the EU Feed Hygiene Regulation (No. 183/2005) and the Annex I (primary production) requirements of the EU Food Hygiene Regulation (No. 852/2004). FSS acknowledges the benefits this has for businesses therefore, most, but not all, food primary production is included within scope of this requirement. Food hygiene on farm shall be inspected at the same time as feed hygiene on farm. This applies to most arable and livestock farms. The Table in the specification details which food primary production feed activities come within scope of the Contract, and where they do not, who is responsible. FSS shall take a role in the delivery of administrative functions for feed, including processing of intelligence and horizon scanning to inform risk analysis, intervention planning and development of guidance and officer training. The detail of Service Provider(s) and FSS functions are provided in Chapter 1 of the Feed Manual.. Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 Renewal: An option to extend for a period of up to 12 months consisting of the Local Authority areas of Stirling, Clackmannanshire, Falkirk, East Dunbartonshire All feed businesses are within scope of this requirement: from farmers to feed manufacturers and former foodstuffs suppliers that supply the animal feed industry. For a full list of the different types of feed businesses, please see link below: https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/starting-an-animal-feed-business All legislation relating to feed, except medicated feed where the competence sits with the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, is included within scope, including feed hygiene, feed additives, undesirables and feed labelling and composition. Historically, FSS has encouraged local authorities to carry out feed and food primary production interventions at the same time due to the similarity between the Annex I (primary production) requirements of the EU Feed Hygiene Regulation (No. 183/2005) and the Annex I (primary production) requirements of the EU Food Hygiene Regulation (No. 852/2004). FSS acknowledges the benefits this has for businesses therefore, most, but not all, food primary production is included within scope of this requirement. Food hygiene on farm shall be inspected at the same time as feed hygiene on farm. This applies to most arable and livestock farms. The Table in the specification details which food primary production feed activities come within scope of the Contract, and where they do not, who is responsible. FSS shall take a role in the delivery of administrative functions for feed, including processing of intelligence and horizon scanning to inform risk analysis, intervention planning and development of guidance and officer training. The detail of Service Provider(s) and FSS functions are provided in Chapter 1 of the Feed Manual.. Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) 2015. Renewal: An option to extend for a period of up to 12 months consisting of the Local Authority areas of Argyll and Bute, West Dunbartonshire All feed businesses are within scope of this requirement: from farmers to feed manufacturers and former foodstuffs suppliers that supply the animal feed industry. For a full list of the different types of feed businesses, please see link below: https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/starting-an-animal-feed-business All legislation relating to feed, except medicated feed where the competence sits with the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, is included within scope, including feed hygiene, feed additives, undesirables and feed labelling and composition. Historically, FSS has encouraged local authorities to carry out feed and food primary production interventions at the same time due to the similarity between the Annex I (primary production) requirements of the EU Feed Hygiene Regulation (No. 183/2005) and the Annex I (primary production) requirements of the EU Food Hygiene Regulation (No. 852/2004). FSS acknowledges the benefits this has for businesses therefore, most, but not all, food primary production is included within scope of this requirement. Food hygiene on farm shall be inspected at the same time as feed hygiene on farm. This applies to most arable and livestock farms. The Table in the specification details which food primary production feed activities come within scope of the Contract, and where they do not, who is responsible. FSS shall take a role in the delivery of administrative functions for feed, including processing of intelligence and horizon scanning to inform risk analysis, intervention planning and development of guidance and officer training. The detail of Service Provider(s) and FSS functions are provided in Chapter 1 of the Feed Manual.. Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 Renewal: An option to extend for a period of up to 12 months consisting of the Local Authority area of Dumfries and Galloway All feed businesses are within scope of this requirement: from farmers to feed manufacturers and former foodstuffs suppliers that supply the animal feed industry. For a full list of the different types of feed businesses, please see link below: https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/starting-an-animal-feed-business All legislation relating to feed, except medicated feed where the competence sits with the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, is included within scope, including feed hygiene, feed additives, undesirables and feed labelling and composition. Historically, FSS has encouraged local authorities to carry out feed and food primary production interventions at the same time due to the similarity between the Annex I (primary production) requirements of the EU Feed Hygiene Regulation (No. 183/2005) and the Annex I (primary production) requirements of the EU Food Hygiene Regulation (No. 852/2004). FSS acknowledges the benefits this has for businesses therefore, most, but not all, food primary production is included within scope of this requirement. Food hygiene on farm shall be inspected at the same time as feed hygiene on farm. This applies to most arable and livestock farms. The Table in the specification details which food primary production feed activities come within scope of the Contract, and where they do not, who is responsible. FSS shall take a role in the delivery of administrative functions for feed, including processing of intelligence and horizon scanning to inform risk analysis, intervention planning and development of guidance and officer training. The detail of Service Provider(s) and FSS functions are provided in Chapter 1 of the Feed Manual.. Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 in the Public Contracts (Scotland) 2015 Renewal: An option to extend for a period of up to 12 months ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland | | Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN342485 | | Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender, Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 18 Jan 2019 | | Submission deadline | 29 Oct 2018 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 18 Jan 2019 | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £2,200,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Cancelled | | Lots status | Cancelled | | Awards status | Unsuccessful | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | FOOD STANDARDS SCOTLAND (FSS) | | Locality | ABERDEEN | | Post town | Aberdeen | | Postcode | AB11 5RL | | Country | Scotland | | ITL 1 | TLM Scotland | | ITL 2 | TLM5 North Eastern Scotland | | ITL 3 | TLM50 Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire | | Local authority | Aberdeen City | | Electoral ward | Torry/Ferryhill | | Westminster constituency | Aberdeen South | | Delivery location | TLM50 Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire, TLM6 Highlands and Islands, TLM62 Inverness and Nairn, Moray, and Badenoch and Strathspey, TLM63 Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh, Arran and Cumbrae, and Argyll and Bute, TLM65 Orkney Islands, TLM66 Shetland Islands, TLM71 Angus and Dundee City, TLM72 Clackmannanshire and Fife, TLM73 East Lothian and Midlothian, TLM75 City of Edinburgh, TLM76 Falkirk, TLM77 Perth and Kinross, and Stirling, TLM78 West Lothian, TLM81 East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, and Helensburgh and Lomond, TLM82 Glasgow City, TLM83 Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire, TLM84 North Lanarkshire, TLM91 Scottish Borders, TLM92 Dumfries and Galloway, TLM93 North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire, TLM94 South Ayrshire, TLM95 South Lanarkshire | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 15 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products ### Codes - 15700000 - Animal feedstuffs ## Release History - 18 Jan 2019 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN342485 - 28 Sep 2018 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT332706 ## Documents - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT332706&idx=1 1st October 2018 - Contract Document - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT332706&idx=2 1st October 2018 - Instructions to Tenderers - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT332706&idx=3 1st October 2018 - European Single Procurement Document - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT332706 Animal Feed Services - The Service Provider shall provide the delivery of interventions (official controls) and enforcement of animal feed in accordance with EC and UK Law in Scotland. in addition, when on farms to carry out its feed function, the Service Provider shall also carry out official controls and enforcement of food hygiene primary production. Interventions, for the purposes of this arrangement, are inspections ans sampling visits. In fulfilling the requirements of this arrangement, the Service Provider shall do so in accordance with the Feed Manual and the draft Feed Enforcement Policy - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN342485 Animal Feed Services - The Service Provider shall provide the delivery of interventions (official controls) and enforcement of animal feed in accordance with EC and UK Law in Scotland. in addition, when on farms to carry out its feed function, the Service Provider shall also carry out official controls and enforcement of food hygiene primary production. Interventions, for the purposes of this arrangement, are inspections ans sampling visits. In fulfilling the requirements of this arrangement, the Service Provider shall do so in accordance with the Feed Manual and the draft Feed Enforcement Policy ## Notice URLs - http:// - http://www.foodstandards.gov.scot - http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk - https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000559035 - https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/starting-an-animal-feed-business ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000559035. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000559035.json.