Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 29 May 2025, 14:47 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ID 5977015 Preliminary Market Engagement - DAERA VSAHG – Welfare and Enforcement Branch – Care of seized Animals, and disposal of animal by-product from seized animals

Official notice

Authority: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Central government)·On behalf of: CPD

ServicesBelow threshold
Planned pipeline value£500,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 9 Nov 2028 · starts 10 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Welfare and Enforcement Branch (WEB) is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to establish a contract with a Supplier to undertake the care of seized Animals, and disposal of animal by-product from seized animals. The potential scale and scope of this service is such that it offers a significant opportunity to bidders. Prior to initiating the procurement, the WEB wishes to establish the level of market interest in participating in the procurement process.

CPV: Agricultural services · Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
29 May 2025, 14:47 BST
Last source update
29 May 2025, 14:47 BST
Authority reference
ID 5977015
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-028500
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Agricultural servicesAgricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0528ee Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

29 May 2025 → 10 Nov 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    29 May 2025, 14:47 BST
  2. Market engagement
    20 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST

    If you wish to participate in the Contracting Authority’s Preliminary Market Engagement for this requirement, a questionnaire for completion is available via eTendersNI under ID 5977015

  3. Contract starts346 days ago
    10 Nov 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    29 May 2025, 14:47 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

3 public bodies on the notice

The Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA)

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PLDR-5748-GBBJ 303 Airport Road West, Belfast , Northern Ireland, BT3 9EDContact email

Other public bodies

  • CPDBeneficiary authority
  • Construction and Procurement Delivery Process contact pointProcuring entityConstruction and Procurement Delivery – Supplies and Services Division, is a Centre of Procurement Expertise and provides a central procurement function for central government in Northern Ireland.GB-PPON: PVWG-8426-YWXV Belfast, Northern IrelandContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure