Request for information for the provision of poultry valuation tables and of specific advice on poultry valuation and related issues

Description

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is responsible for enforcing poultry legislation. The legislation provides that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine may direct the destruction and disposal of animals, animal products, feed and other things, including where the animal is, may be, is suspected of, or is at risk of being affected with a disease or a disease agent or is a disease agent. It also provides that the Minister may pay compensation to the owner of a farm animal, animal product, animal feed or other thing relating to a farm animal, if the farm animal, product, feed or other thing is affected with a disease or a disease agent and is killed or destroyed to alleviate the risk of disease, to prevent the spread of disease or to diagnose, control or eradicate disease. Any compensation paid cannot exceed the open market value of the animal before its killing or natural death or destruction (less any salvage value or payment under an insurance policy) as if the disease did not exist. To ensure that this compensation reflects the value of poultry, DAFM regularly requires tables of values for breeding, laying and meat production birds at various stages in their lifecycle, according to their age in days or weeks as appropriate (See Appendix A for a list of required tables). DAFM also occasionally requires specific advice on poultry valuation. DAFM is now seeking to conduct a market sounding consultation process to inform the development of any future requests for tender for services of this nature. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is responsible for enforcing poultry legislation. The legislation provides that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine may direct the destruction and disposal of animals, animal products, feed and other things, including where the animal is, may be, is suspected of, or is at risk of being affected with a disease or a disease agent or is a disease agent. It also provides that the Minister may pay compensation to the owner of a farm animal, animal product, animal feed or other thing relating to a farm animal, if the farm animal, product, feed or other thing is affected with a disease or a disease agent and is killed or destroyed to alleviate the risk of disease, to prevent the spread of disease or to diagnose, control or eradicate disease. Any compensation paid cannot exceed the open market value of the animal before its killing or natural death or destruction (less any salvage value or payment under an insurance policy) as if the disease did not exist. To ensure that this compensation reflects the value of poultry, DAFM regularly requires tables of values for breeding, laying and meat production birds at various stages in their lifecycle, according to their age in days or weeks as appropriate (See Appendix A for a list of required tables). DAFM also occasionally requires specific advice on poultry valuation. DAFM is now seeking to conduct a market sounding consultation process to inform the development of any future requests for tender for services of this nature.