Awarded contract

AWARD OF ON-FARM ULTRASOUND SCANNING FOR FAT AND MUSCLE DEPTH FOR SHEEP AND CATTLE

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): Innovis Limited
Value: £524,927
Duration: 6 years
Topic: Agricultural supplies
Published: 30 March 2022
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

AHDB is seeking tenders from suppliers interested in providing on-farm ultrasound scanning for fat and muscle depth of sheep and a small number of beef cattle The overall objective of this tender is to deliver a fat and muscle depth scanning service to sheep farmers in England and Wales, scanning 25-35,000 animals per annum through a team of technicians travelling to client breeders' farms, with the geographical distribution being broadly as outlined in the introduction above. For clarity, service provision in Scotland and Northern Ireland is not included in this tender. AHDB's intention is to award a contract to one or more providers to roll out these services across England and Wales.

Timeline

Completed: Award date28 February 2022
Completed: Award published30 March 2022
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2028in 18 months

About the buyer

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a ministerial department that also buys through agencies such as the Environment Agency, the Rural Payments Agency and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. Suppliers register on the DEFRA eCommercial website, Atamis, to compete for contract opportunities across the department. Larger opportunities are advertised through the Find a Tender service under the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. DEFRA also procures goods and services through the Crown Commercial Service. Existing contracts and frameworks set up under the previous procurement regulations remain valid until they expire.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

03144000 · Agricultural supplies
77000000 · Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
77100000 · Agricultural services
79999100 · Scanning services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-defra.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-defra.gov
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