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title: "DAERA AFBI - AUTOMATED HEAD-CHAMBER SYSTEMS (AHCS) FOR CATTLE"
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# DAERA AFBI - AUTOMATED HEAD-CHAMBER SYSTEMS (AHCS) FOR CATTLE

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/daera-afbi-automated-head-chamber-systems-ahcs-for-cattle-ocds-h6vhtk-02ef89). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs – AFBI: "DAERA AFBI - AUTOMATED HEAD-CHAMBER SYSTEMS (AHCS) FOR CATTLE". Published status: cancelled. Published Value: £320,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 29 Nov 2021, 15:00 GMT. Published submission portal: etendersni.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** CANCELLED (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs – AFBI](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-of-agriculture-environment-and-rural-affairs-afbi-GB-FTS-44608)
- **Published Value:** £320,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 29 November 2021 at 15:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products, Industrial process control equipment and remote-control equipment, Instruments for measuring flow, level and pressure of liquids and gases, Remote-control equipment, Research services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02ef89`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/daera-afbi-automated-head-chamber-systems-ahcs-for-cattle-ocds-h6vhtk-02ef89#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [etendersni.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fetendersni.gov.uk%2Fepps)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/daera-afbi-automated-head-chamber-systems-ahcs-for-cattle-ocds-h6vhtk-02ef89#participate

## Description
AFBI requires the supply, delivery, installation, training and servicing of the Automated Head-Chamber Systems (AHCS). The Livestock Production Sciences (LPS) Branch at Hillsborough of the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) requires four (4) x Automated Head-Chamber Systems (AHCS) for the quantification of methane, hydrogen and CO2 emissions and oxygen consumption from grazing dairy/beef cattle on a daily basis (litter/day).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 03000000, 38420000, 38820000, 73110000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £320,000
- **Description:** AFBI requires the supply, delivery, installation, training and servicing of the Automated Head-Chamber Systems (AHCS). The Livestock Production Sciences (LPS) Branch at Hillsborough of the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) requires four (4) ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 004653-2022-1-1 (unsuccessful)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004653-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-02-18T12:55:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T12:59:04.782Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02ef89