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DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS

Monitoring of contaminants in UK cereals used for processing food and animal feed

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01/ The notice

Key facts

Value: £616,583Estimated value stated in the notice
Deadline (UK time): Tue 3 May 2016A deadline does not apply to this historical notice. The source records Tue 3 May 2016, which is not an open deadline.
Published: 9 Mar 2016
Region: West Midlands

02/ The brief

What the notice says

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AHDB is highly valued by the cereals industry for its independent work on monitoring agrochemical residues and contaminants, since the mid-1980s. The current AHDB ‘Investing in Innovation‘ Research and Knowledge Transfer Strategy (2015-20) has highlighted the need for continued investment in ensuring the safety and quality of the major UK cereals for human consumption and animal feed. Such an activity falls into one of the pillars of the new Strategy – Improving Business Opportunity. One of the objectives is to improve grain quality, with a priority target - to coordinate and integrate supply chain demands for reliable and consistent quality and safety. Furthermore, recent industry consultations have highlighted:

• The importance of continued monitoring of contaminants in cereals across the supply chain in order to provide customer confidence.

• The importance of optimising market opportunities for improving the end-use quality of food and feed crops.

• The need to help the UK grain supply chain to prepare for new legislation and growing demands on supply.

AHDB is looking for a contractor to undertake this study over the next 5 years (1 August 2016 to 31 July 2021).

03/ Classification

CPV codes

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73111000 03100000 03211000
73000000 73100000 73110000 03000000 03200000 03210000

04/ History

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9 Mar 2016
Contract notice
Contract notice published 9 March 2016.
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05/ Limits

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06/ Questions

About this notice

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS published this notice.

Estimated value stated in the notice: £616,583.

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