Diet & Bedding Tender for laboratory animals

Concepts

• animal feedstuffs
• medicines and healthcare products regulartory agency
• provision of high quality animal diet
• research laboratory
• laboratory animals
• terms of the animals
• biological services department
• controlblanche lanesouth mimmspotters barhertfordshireen6
• world leader
• healthcare products regulartory agency

Location

MHRA,<br/>National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC),<br/>Blanche Lane, South Mimms,<br/>Potters Bar,<br/>Hertfordshire,<br/>EN6 3QG,<br/>UK

Description

The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulartory Agency (MHRA) is a world leader in assuring the quality of biological medicines through product testing, developing standards and reference materials, and carrying out applied research. To fulfill their role in supporting the scientific functions, the Biological Services Department (BSD) are looking to implement contracts for the provision of high quality animal diet, bedding and enrichment products, to enable them to provide the highest standard of care and welfare, thus meeting the terms of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA). The tender is split into 2 lots, Lot 1 being for Diet and Lot 2 being for bedding.Site AddressNational Institute for Biological Standards and ControlBlanche LaneSouth MimmsPotters BarHertfordshireEN6 3QGA Centre of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

CPV Codes

• 15700000 - Animal feedstuffs
• 73111000 - Research laboratory services

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Renewals are not available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

Instructions How to Respond to this Tender1 - Register your company on the e-Sourcing portal (this is only required once):1.1 - Go to https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome1.2 - Click the link to register.1.3 - Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue'.1.4 - Enter your correct business and user details.1.5 - Note the username you chose and click ‘Save' when complete.1.6 - You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).2 - Express an Interest in the tender:2.1 - Login to the portal with the username/password.2.2 - Click the ‘ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (This Invitations to Tender open to any registeredsupplier).2.3 - Click on the relevant ITT to access the content.2.4 - Click the ‘Express Interest' button at the top of the page. This will move the ITT into your ‘MyITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only.2.5 - You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments' in the ‘ITTDetails' box.3. Responding to the tender:3.1 - Click ‘My Response' under ‘ITT Details', you can choose to ‘Create Response' or to ‘Declineto Respond' (please give a reason if declining).3.2 - You can now use the ‘Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek anyclarification.3.3 - Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITTThere may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailedonline help available).3.4 - You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response' button at the top of the page.The process is very straightforward, but if you find you do need advice or support in registering pleasecontact the Atamis helpdesk using the following details:Phone: 0800 9956035 E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk