The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM, the Contracting Authority) and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) are the competent authorities for the implementation of legislation governing Official Controls of Genetically Modified Feed and Food (GMFF), respectively. Ireland has a legal obligation to appoint National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) under European Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/625. Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls, ensures the verification of compliance with food and feed law, plant and animal health and animal welfare laws. The appointed National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for GMFF has the duty of informing and advising the Contracting Authority, by providing scientific and technical assistance, and by assisting in food/feedborne incidents and outbreak situations by performing confirmatory analyses. The NRL has also responsibility to assist and advise feed and food laboratories and the Contracting Authority to ensure a harmonised, effective, proportionate, and risk-based approach to feed and food regulation and enforcement.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2024-10-25.
The procurement was published on 2024-09-20.
Contract notice (2024-09-20) Object Scope of the procurement
Title: National Reference Laboratory services for Genetically Modified Food and Feed
Short description:
“The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM, the Contracting Authority) and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) are the competent...”
Short description
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM, the Contracting Authority) and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) are the competent authorities for the implementation of legislation governing Official Controls of Genetically Modified Feed and Food (GMFF), respectively. Ireland has a legal obligation to appoint National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) under European Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/625. Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls, ensures the verification of compliance with food and feed law, plant and animal health and animal welfare laws. The appointed National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for GMFF has the duty of informing and advising the Contracting Authority, by providing scientific and technical assistance, and by assisting in food/feedborne incidents and outbreak situations by performing confirmatory analyses. The NRL has also responsibility to assist and advise feed and food laboratories and the Contracting Authority to ensure a harmonised, effective, proportionate, and risk-based approach to feed and food regulation and enforcement.
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Laboratory services📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 200 000 EUR 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 0
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM, the Contracting Authority) and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) are the competent...”
Description of the procurement
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM, the Contracting Authority) and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) are the competent authorities for the implementation of legislation governing Official Controls of Genetically Modified Feed and Food (GMFF), respectively. Ireland has a legal obligation to appoint National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) under European Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/625. Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls, ensures the verification of compliance with food and feed law, plant and animal health and animal welfare laws. The appointed National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for GMFF has the duty of informing and advising the Contracting Authority, by providing scientific and technical assistance, and by assisting in food/feedborne incidents and outbreak situations by performing confirmatory analyses. The NRL has also responsibility to assist and advise feed and food laboratories and the Contracting Authority to ensure a harmonised, effective, proportionate, and risk-based approach to feed and food regulation and enforcement.
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Additional products/services: Research laboratory services📦
Duration: 60 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Duration
Start date: 2024-12-01 📅
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅ Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-10-25 15:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2024-10-25 15:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=4356488
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Complementary information Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000📞 Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2024/S 186-573925 (2024-09-20)