Official UK procurement notice
33231 - Provision of Official Seed Certification Labels
Authority: Defra Network eTendering Portal
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Devolved Authorities (DA’s) for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Seeds Marketing Regulations require official labels to be used when sealing packages of certified seed. APHA manage the contract for supply of Certification labels on behalf of the DA’s and are responsible for putting in place a contract for the provision of seed labels which meets the required standards of the governing bodies.
CPV: Labels · Printing services · Services related to printing · Textile labels
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This tender will grant a concession contract to the successful Concessionaire to…Planned
This tender will grant a concession contract to the successful Concessionaire to supply official labels for use in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The Concessionaire will be responsible for the provision of official seed labels to Licensed Seed Companies. These labels will be used by the companies on varying sizes of bags, ranging from 25kg to 1 tonne tote bags of certified seed in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
The Concessionaire will need to supply tear-resistant labels for sewing on to fabric/tote seed bags, and self-adhesive (glassine) labels for sticking on to non-fabric bags. There are approximately 20 specified formats of labels which mainly vary by colour, but some have specific size requirements as well.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-018016- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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Publisher note: Other Contracting Authorities: This Framework Agreement is primarily intended to meet the needs of the Animal & Plant Health Agency (APHA), however the Framework will be open to other Contracting Bodies listed below: • Ministry of Defence (MoD) • Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) • Department of Health (DoH) • Home Office (HO) • Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) • Scottish Government (SG) • Welsh Government (WG) • Food Standards Agency (FSA) • Food Standards Agency (FSA) Scotland • Cefas (an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs). • All Local Authorities across England, Scotland and Wales. (Available at https://www.local.gov.uk/oursupport/ guidance-and-resources/communications-support/digital-councils/social-media/go-further/az- councils-online (for England and Wales) and https://www.scottishlaw.org.uk/scotlaw/locgov.html (for Scotland)).
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
28 Jul 2021 → 5 Aug 2021 · 2 dates- Notice published28 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
- Tender notice expected5 Aug 2021, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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