The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is currently inviting tenders for a feed analysis service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The department is planning the development of the service as an official control laboratory for the control of animal feedingstuffs to search for the presence of constituents of animal origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tenderers are required to provide analytical testing capacity in support of DAFM official control for the detection of the presence or otherwise of constituents of animal origin in feed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two year contract is expected to cost \u20ac500,000, excluding VAT with a best price-quality ratio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The successful tenderer will be the designated official laboratory in accordance with regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The deadline for the receipt of tenders for the project is 5:00p.m on July 15, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Article 7 of EU Regulation 999\/2001 prohibits the use of animal protein in animal feed even when processed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Processed Animal Proteins are defined in EU regulation as animal proteins derived entirely from Category 3 material, which includes animal by-products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The primary role of DAFM is to verify that animal feed and feeding practices do not constitute a hazard to human or animal health or to the environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAFM carries out a programme of risk based controls including inspections and sampling of feedingstuffs at all stages along the feed chain, including importation, storage, manufacture, trade and use at farm level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n