Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2016-12-24
Buyer: Defra Network eTendering Portal
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 03000000 | 03320000 | 03322000 | 03324000 | 15112000
Estimated value: 5000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Servizi connessi all'agricoltura, alla silvicoltura, all'orticoltura, all'acquacoltura e all'apicoltura
The Animal Health and Technical Support Services Framework (Including Daily Routine Work and Outbreak/Incident Support).
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) is an Executive Agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and delivers the Animal Health and Welfare policies of Defra, Scottish Government and Welsh Government across Great Britain (GB). Its principal function is the safeguarding of animal health and welfare and public health, which in turn support economic growth and trade.
From time to time, the APHA and other GB government (central, devolved and local authorities) may have a need to employ a range of contractors to deliver certain types of work on its behalf. The Authority has appointed 65 Providers onto a GB-wide, multi-supplier Framework for the delivery of any work as described in the 21 lots described in this notice. APHA will be the operational agents for the delivery of the Goods and Services under the Framework on behalf of the Authority. The Framework is open to other Contracting Bodies as detailed within this notice.
The services under this lot will require Providers to value agricultural plant and equipment and other property, animal feed/fodder, crops and both pedigree and non-pedigree animals including those from the following species:
There may be some situations where the Owner has a legal right to appeal the original valuation ( Lot 1). In the event of a valuation being disputed by the Owner in either support of Daily Routine Work or in an Outbreak or Incident, the Authority may require the provision of Expert Valuation services delivered by an Expert Valuer(s) with experience in valuing the class of animal/bird/other whose value is being disputed.
The Monitor Valuation Service will involve an audit of the range of valuations being submitted (this would be most likely to occur in a large Outbreak) and aims to ensure that Valuers and Expert Valuers are completing the valuation assessments correctly and consistently.
Monitor Valuation services must be provided by a Monitor Valuer with appropriate skills and experience (typically, a Monitor Valuer will have much greater depth of experience than an Expert Valuer or Valuer).
This lot has been included to allow Contracting Bodies to access a range of flexible solutions for analysing market and sales data in order to generate rate cards/table valuations. It should be noted that at this time, it is expected that this service would be required to cover a range of poultry species/production systems.
The intention of this lot is to seek Providers that can assist Contracting Body's in catching poultry in a welfare friendly manner prior to any other process being undertaken. CGU services may be provided by the Contracting Body or 3rd Party providers as detailed in Lot 10. Other processes may include the taking of blood samples, clinical inspection or possibly culling the birds.
The intention of this lot is to allow Contacting Bodies to access the services of professional herders and drovers to assist in a range of operations. The majority of this work will fall into Outbreak/Incident response, though there may be a small element of Daily Routine Work assigned, for example, if a Keeper does not present their animals for inspection in the proscribed manner, legislation provides for government to have this work completed and then to recover any costs for this service from the keeper.
In an Outbreak or Incident, animal handlers or drovers or specialised equipment may be required to assist in the catching/collection of animals prior to further processes being applied — which may include clinical examination, further testing or culling. The handling methods will depend on the size and species of livestock, but shall meet with relevant administration's Code of Recommendations for the species. These can be found located on the relevant administrations website:
For red meat species, the preferred method of culling involves the use of a Captive Bolt Gun (CBG), which is followed immediately by pithing (the manual destruction of the brain and brain stem). Other culling methods may be used at the Contracting Body's discretion.
Operations may only begin when the Contracting Body grants permission. APHA/Contracting Body reserves the right to oversee these operations to ensure compliance with relevant welfare legislation.
In an Outbreak or Incident, Slaughtermen will be licensed to move on and off Affected Premises (APs), by issue of a notice from the Contracting Body. The notice will prescribe what must and must not happen on the AP and requires the Slaughtermen to follow strict bio-security guide lines, including wearing required PPE/RPE. Failure to observe the measures required in the notice is an offence under the Animal Health Act 1981, section 73. Slaughtermen may be required to go through an induction process to work on each AP.


Award value: 5000000
Number of bids: 36