CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

‘HerdAdvance - Quality Assurance tender’

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

In June 2018, AHDB was successful in applying for grant funding to undertake a five-year Dairy Improvement Programme (DIP) which is made possible through the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which is funded by the Welsh Government and the European Union. One of the strategic projects delivered through the Programme is HerdAdvance.

HerdAdvance

The project aim is to pilot how improving disease control awareness and pre-emptive animal health and welfare management on Welsh dairy farms can improve on-farm efficiencies and profitability and ensure that businesses realise their full potential in the market place. A new whole farm holistic approach to disease prevention will be applied taking into consideration other influential factors such as nutrition, genetics and the suitability of buildings.

The project will ensure that Animal health plans become an active on-farm management tool aimed at promoting the health and welfare of farm animals by setting out disease prevention, detection and management procedures. The aim is to recruit up to 500 farmers to participate in HerdAdvance.

Services Required

AHDB requires a supplier who can review a maximum of 10% of the Animal Health Plans reviewed, the HerdAdvance Priorities and Recommendations Forms and the HerdAdvance Action Plans for Quality Assurance purposes. The supplier will need to check that the Animal Health Plans being assessed are fit for purpose i.e. as a minimum it complies with the requirements of Red Tractor and FAWL. The supplier will also need to assess the HerdAdvance Priorities and Recommendations Forms and HerdAdvance Action Plans ensuring that the priorities identified are in line with the Animal Health Plan and that the recommendations and advice given is satisfactory.

The successful supplier will need to provide feedback on each case via a written report highlighting any areas of particular strengths and outlining any issues that need to be addressed.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=93363.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

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Time Limits

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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

Welsh

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

This notice has been sent as a region specific notice. If you did not receive an alert about this you are not based in the specific region selected by the buying authority. Questions on why this was sent as a region specific notice should be sent to the buying authority.

(WA Ref:93363)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: HerdAdvance is a strategic project under the Dairy Improvement Programme(DIP). The DIP is made possible through the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which is funded by the Welsh Government and the European Union.

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice