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Cefas

CEFAS23-118 Statutory shellfish sample collection

Environment & WasteCPV 90000000
Value£1.9m
Deadline23 Oct 2023
Published15 Jan 2024
RegionScotland
Timeline
Published 15 Jan 2024ClosedCloses 23 Oct 2023
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£1.9mtotal contract value
median £195k
this tender£0£5.0m

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The brief

Current legislation requires that classified shellfish production and relaying areas are monitored for microbiological contamination, marine biotoxins, harmful algae and chemical contamination.

This forms part of an official control monitoring programme.

In Scotland, Food Standards Scotland (FSS) is the competent authority with responsibility for the implementation and delivery of the Scottish shellfish official control (OC) monitoring programme.

Cefas is the laboratory designated by FSS to provide a completely managed, high quality service for the provision of this programme across Scotland.

Services delegated to Cefas include co-ordinating the programme, arranging the collection of samples and delivering the required testing, and this in line with relevant national legislation as well as FSS policies and protocols.

Cefas requires the Contractor to provide a completely managed, high quality service for the provision of Sample Collection for various species of live bivalve molluscs and water in Scotland as defined in relevant Legislation.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Cefas is the laboratory designated by FSS

Cefas is the laboratory designated by FSS to provide a completely managed, high quality service for the provision of this programme across Scotland.

02

Cefas requires the Contractor to provide

Cefas requires the Contractor to provide a completely managed, high quality service for the provision of Sample Collection for various species of live bivalve molluscs and water in Scotland as defined in relevant Legislation.

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