Any person intending to keep pigs must, prior to taking possession of any pigs, submit an application for a pig herd number to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM). Successful applicants are assigned a unique herd number which is registered on the Departmentโs systems and activated to keep pigs. Approximately 1.5 million pigs are kept in Ireland on some 1,250 registered holdings. Of those holdings, about 270 would be regarded as commercial units. Pig keepers are required by law to notify the Department (via an outsourced service provider) of all movements of pigs both onto and off their holdings. This currently involves a dual notification process where the keeper of the herd from which the pigs are moving must notify the intention to move a batch of pigs and the receiving keeper must confirm receipt of the consignment. The movement is only recorded when corresponding notifications are received from both parties involved in the move - i.e. the movement has been reconciled. There is one exception to this requirement โ data in relation to pigs moving to a DAFM-approved pig slaughter plant are recorded directly onto the DAFM system at the slaughter plant. Such movements are deemed to be reconciled and do not require separate keeper notification of the intent to move pigs to such locations. Accordingly, such movements are excluded from this tender process. In the region of 8,200 reconciled pig movements are recorded on an annual basis to and from premises other than DAFM-approved slaughter plants. These are movement notifications made by Pig Herd keepers, Pig Dealers, Agents, Other Keepers and Processors in relation to pigs moving from farm-to-farm, farm to abattoir, farm to export and a small number from farm to shows etc. The Contracting Authority intends to procure a service to handle, process, verify and record the pig movements as indicated above. Details of total annual movements recorded during 2024 are contained in Tender documents. The successful tenderer will be responsible for the handling, processing, verification and recording of all pig movement notifications made by pig herd owners, pig dealers, agents, other keepers and processors with the exception of pig movements directly from registered pig holdings to DAFM-approved pig slaughter plants. It is currently intended that the service must be fully operable from 1 March 2026.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-11-11.
The procurement was published on 2025-10-07.
Contract notice (2025-10-07) Object Scope of the procurement
Title: A service for the handling, processing and verification of certain Pig Movement Notifications
Short description:
โAny person intending to keep pigs must, prior to taking possession of any pigs, submit an application for a pig herd number to the Department of...โ
Short description
Any person intending to keep pigs must, prior to taking possession of any pigs, submit an application for a pig herd number to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM). Successful applicants are assigned a unique herd number which is registered on the Departmentโs systems and activated to keep pigs. Approximately 1.5 million pigs are kept in Ireland on some 1,250 registered holdings. Of those holdings, about 270 would be regarded as commercial units. Pig keepers are required by law to notify the Department (via an outsourced service provider) of all movements of pigs both onto and off their holdings. This currently involves a dual notification process where the keeper of the herd from which the pigs are moving must notify the intention to move a batch of pigs and the receiving keeper must confirm receipt of the consignment. The movement is only recorded when corresponding notifications are received from both parties involved in the move - i.e. the movement has been reconciled. There is one exception to this requirement โ data in relation to pigs moving to a DAFM-approved pig slaughter plant are recorded directly onto the DAFM system at the slaughter plant. Such movements are deemed to be reconciled and do not require separate keeper notification of the intent to move pigs to such locations. Accordingly, such movements are excluded from this tender process. In the region of 8,200 reconciled pig movements are recorded on an annual basis to and from premises other than DAFM-approved slaughter plants. These are movement notifications made by Pig Herd keepers, Pig Dealers, Agents, Other Keepers and Processors in relation to pigs moving from farm-to-farm, farm to abattoir, farm to export and a small number from farm to shows etc. The Contracting Authority intends to procure a service to handle, process, verify and record the pig movements as indicated above. Details of total annual movements recorded during 2024 are contained in Tender documents. The successful tenderer will be responsible for the handling, processing, verification and recording of all pig movement notifications made by pig herd owners, pig dealers, agents, other keepers and processors with the exception of pig movements directly from registered pig holdings to DAFM-approved pig slaughter plants. It is currently intended that the service must be fully operable from 1 March 2026.
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Administration services๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 150 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Description of the procurement:
โAny person intending to keep pigs must, prior to taking possession of any pigs, submit an application for a pig herd number to the Department of...โ
Description of the procurement
Any person intending to keep pigs must, prior to taking possession of any pigs, submit an application for a pig herd number to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM). Successful applicants are assigned a unique herd number which is registered on the Departmentโs systems and activated to keep pigs. Approximately 1.5 million pigs are kept in Ireland on some 1,250 registered holdings. Of those holdings, about 270 would be regarded as commercial units. Pig keepers are required by law to notify the Department (via an outsourced service provider) of all movements of pigs both onto and off their holdings. This currently involves a dual notification process where the keeper of the herd from which the pigs are moving must notify the intention to move a batch of pigs and the receiving keeper must confirm receipt of the consignment. The movement is only recorded when corresponding notifications are received from both parties involved in the move - i.e. the movement has been reconciled. There is one exception to this requirement โ data in relation to pigs moving to a DAFM-approved pig slaughter plant are recorded directly onto the DAFM system at the slaughter plant. Such movements are deemed to be reconciled and do not require separate keeper notification of the intent to move pigs to such locations. Accordingly, such movements are excluded from this tender process. In the region of 8,200 reconciled pig movements are recorded on an annual basis to and from premises other than DAFM-approved slaughter plants. These are movement notifications made by Pig Herd keepers, Pig Dealers, Agents, Other Keepers and Processors in relation to pigs moving from farm-to-farm, farm to abattoir, farm to export and a small number from farm to shows etc. The Contracting Authority intends to procure a service to handle, process, verify and record the pig movements as indicated above. Details of total annual movements recorded during 2024 are contained in Tender documents. The successful tenderer will be responsible for the handling, processing, verification and recording of all pig movement notifications made by pig herd owners, pig dealers, agents, other keepers and processors with the exception of pig movements directly from registered pig holdings to DAFM-approved pig slaughter plants. It is currently intended that the service must be fully operable from 1 March 2026.
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure โ Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-11-11 13:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-11-11 13:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6710036
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 120
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
Region: Dublin๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000๐ Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
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
Region: Dublin๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000๐ Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2025/S 193-658195 (2025-10-07)