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2025-789 Supply of dairy cattle genotyping

AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD Published 14 Apr 2026 Find a Tender

key details

Value£0
Statuscomplete
Category (CPV) 77100000
Deadline9 Feb 2026
Procedureopen
SME suitableYes
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-060605

Awards (2)

This procurement was awarded to 1 suppliers. Values shown are per-award; the notice total is £0.

SupplierValueDateStatus
National Milk Records Limited £205,833 2 Mar 2026 pending
National Milk Records Limited · · active

description

Genomic evaluations for dairy traits have been available in the UK since 2012 through AHDB Dairy’s genetic evaluation services.

This opportunity is for the provision of genotyping a population of Holstein dairy cows that have methane phenotypes recorded on UK dairy farms. AHDB is seeking tender applications to secure the services of a single bidder that can provide the genotyping service of 7,500 milking cows across 25-35 UK milk-recording dairy farms.

Service requirements include:

  • oFarm liaison
  • oSample collection
  • oDNA extraction
  • oSNP calling (≥55,000 SNPs at >=90% CR absolute minimum)
  • oSubmission of genotype, FMT200 pedigree and cross reference files to AHDB’s genomic portal
  • oQuality control – Reported failures must be corrected and resubmitted.

Closing date for submissions by 12 noon on the 9 February 2026

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notice history

3 notices published against this procurement.

PublishedTypeRegimeNotice
14 Jan 2026 Tender notice (UK4) Procurement Act 2023 003240-2026
2 Mar 2026 Contract award (UK6) Procurement Act 2023 018673-2026
14 Apr 2026 Contract details (UK7) Procurement Act 2023 033626-2026

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