Project 36206 - TSE Rapid Testing Services

Concepts

• laboratory services
• apha
• tse rapid testing services
• 36206 - tse rapid testing services
• test accreditation
• rapid testing
• purpose of the services
• tse rapid testing
• provision of tse
• tse

Location

United Kingdom: The Services will be performed from the successful Tenderer's laboratory and there are no on farm 'live' test facilities available

Description

This requirement is for the provision of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) Rapid Testing of fallen stock cattle, sheep and goats and healthy slaughter sheep and goats on behalf of the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

Total Quantity or Scope

The APHA currently manage, on behalf of DEFRA and the Welsh Government and Scottish Government, the provision of TSE rapid testing and related services for fallen cattle and eligible sheep and goats in Great Britain. The purpose of the Services is to enable the APHA to meet its requirement to provide TSE Rapid Testing in line with Chapter C, Annex X of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1148/2014, which still applies since the UK's exit from the EU. Tenderers will be required to hold test accreditation in accordance with international standard EN ISO/IEC 17025 and commit to add TSE Rapid Testing to their current scope prior to commencement of the contract. Proof of accreditation will be required prior to commencement of the Services and it will be a requirement for TSE Test accreditation (in accordance with international standard EN ISO/IEC 17025) to be maintained throughout the life of the contract. The Authority is seeking to appoint a contractor to provide TSE Rapid Testing Services for a five (5) year and nine (9) month period (three (3) year and nine (9) month initial term with allowable extension of up to twenty-four (24) months). Please note that the value shown in this notice covers the full potential contract period.

CPV Codes

• 71900000 - Laboratory services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are not available.
• Professional qualifications are sought.

Other Information

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