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AFBI - APPOINTMENT OF A MILKING SERVICE PROVIDER TO AFBI HILLSBOROUGH

Awarded to RURAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LIMITED

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute AFBI(buyer)

Published
Published 2 November 2023
Deadline
Closed 5 December 2023
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Overview

APPOINTMENT OF A MILKING SERVICE PROVIDER TO AFBI HILLSBOROUGH AFBI wish to appoint a suitably experienced Milking Services Provider to provide ‘Milking Services’ within their dairy herd at Hillsborough. The appointed Milking Service Provider (The Contractor) will be required to provide workers to assist AFBI staff to undertake all normal activities involved with milking a herd of dairy cows. This contract is for three years with two optional one year extensions subject to budget provision.

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Key details

Country
United Kingdom
Status
In delivery
Category
Services
Estimated value
£375,000
Procedure
Open procedure
Rules
Public Contracts Regulations 2015
Published
2 November 2023
Deadline
Closed
Classification (CPV)
Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural servicesAnimal husbandry servicesRecruitment servicesPlacement services of personnelSupply services of personnel including temporary staff

Award outcome

Awarded value
£375,000
Award date
20 December 2023
Contract period
— → 4 December 2026
Bids received
1
Winner
  • RURAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LIMITED

This contract ends on 4 December 2026.

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RURAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LIMITED

Based in
STRABANE

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Competition and scoring

Bids received

1

Open and restricted tenders in Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services drew a median of 4 bids over the last 24 months; 14% received only one.

How bids were scored

Price 40% · Quality 60%

  • Qualitative60%
  • Quantitative40%

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Market context

Typical award in Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

£140,837

Median of 1,210 awards in the last 24 months

This award is 2.7× the median.

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute AFBI in the last 12 months

11

contracts awarded, worth £104,194,863 in total

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Notice history

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  1. Contract

    20 December 2023

  2. Contract Notice

    2 November 2023

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