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Provision of Specified Pathogen Free Eggs

AgricultureCPV 03000000 03100000 03140000 03142000 03300000
Value£257k
Awarded17 Nov 2014
Published26 Jan 2018
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

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Contract value in context
£257ktotal contract value
median £80k
this tender£0£1.8m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Agriculture & Farming Products band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 1,611 valued Agriculture & Farming Products tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (APHA) have appointed the Contractor to supply Specified Pathogen Free (SPF) chicken (Gallus gallus) eggs for laboratory diagnostic and research purposes.

APHA's range of responsibilities includes statutory work for the UK government for disease control through surveillance activities, research and consultancy.

A number of these animal related research and surveillance activities, such as vaccine development and identification of types of disease, require SPF chicken eggs to provide tissues, embryos and live birds.

It's important that these Eggs are free of specified pathogens or extraneous agents, as they could cause infection or contaminate the work.

In addition there is a legal requirement that Eggs used in the production and quality controls of vaccines are free from specified pathogens.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency

The Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (APHA) have appointed the Contractor to supply Specified Pathogen Free (SPF) chicken (Gallus gallus) eggs for laboratory diagnostic and research purposes.

02

A number of these animal related research

A number of these animal related research and surveillance activities, such as vaccine development and identification of types of disease, require SPF chicken eggs to provide tissues, embryos and live birds.

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