Animal feedstuffs

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Within The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) only HM Prison Service has a requirement for the supply of Farm Animal (Livestock) Feed. There are 6 farms across the prison estate. These are North Sea Camp, Prescoed, Hewell, East Sutton Park, Wymott and Kirkham. Products are required to be delivered regionally and or nationally to individual business locations and products are demanded on an ad-hoc basis by the individual sites. This requirement relates to the Ministry of Justice's requirement for the supply of Farm Animal Feed within its own organisation and participating Contracting Authorities across England, Wales and Scotland. There are currently six working farms across the prison estates, these are North Sea Camp, Prescoed, Hewell, East Sutton Park, Wymott and Kirkham. The requirement will be tendered as three separate 3 lots: Lot 1 — Deliveries to HMP North Sea Camp, HMP Hewell (Midlands Region), HMP Kirkham (Lancashire), HMP Wymott. Lot 2 — Deliveries to HMP Prescoed/Usk (Wales). Lot 3 — Deliveries to HMP East Sutton Park (Kent). Bidders will be able to submit bids for individual lots or all 3 lots. Type and count of livestock at each Establishment is detailed below: HMP Kirkham hold approximately 48 beef cattle, 74 pigs, 250 sheep. HMP Wymott hold approximately 18 beef cattle, 7 pigs and 137 sheep. HMP North Sea Camp currently have 25 breeding pigs plus finishers (pigs being fattened for slaughter) giving a total of around 250, 400 breeding sheep plus lambs a total of around 1 000. HMP Hewells current livestock headcount stands at 116 Jersey Milking Cows, 100 followers (weaned cattle), 13 beef cattle, and 50 pigs for pork/bacon production. HMP Prescoed/Usk currently have around 190 cattle. HMP East Sutton Park are noted as having 172 pigs (Boars, Gilts and Weaners), 108 sheep (Ewes, Rams and Lambs) and 16 horses. Supply of Farm Animal Feed to HM Prison Service Farms To HMP North Sea Camp and HMP Hewel within the Midlands Region but this could extend to other Farms within England and Wales should there be a requirement. Requirements will include (but not limited to) the following products: To provide dairy cow concentrate to meet the needs of the milking cows balancing the available forage. To provide a concentrate suitable for Jersey heifers post weaning to pre-calving. To provide pellets for Jersey heifer calves up to post weaning. To provide a complementary feed stuff in bags, designed to be fed to Jersey cows pre calving. Designed to reduce calcium intake. To provide calf milk suitable for Jersey calves. To provide a single sow concentrate ration designed to be fed to sows throughout pregnancy and lactation. To provide pellets in bulk loads which are complete feeding stuff for feeding finishing pigs from 50 kg live weight until slaughter. To provide pellets which are complete feeding stuff for feeding suckling piglets for 2-15 kg live weight. To provide a complete feed stuff designed to be ad-libitum laying free range poultry. Protein content must be in range of 18 %-20 %. To provide a complimentary feed stuff for feeding breeding ewes pre and post lambing. To provide a complementary feed stuff designed to feed ad-libitum to lambs in conjunction with a source of long fibre. Protein content must be in the range of 15 %-20. Where medication is prescribed by a veterinary surgeon to be added to the animal herds feed a medical prescription will need to be sent from vet to supplier. Current Requirements (in Tonnage) per annum is in the region of: Milkmore 18 Nuts 117 (tons); Milkmore 20 Nuts 267 (tons); Milkmore 23 Nuts 59 (tons); Freshlay Pellets (Bulk) 15 (tons); Rearer 16 + Biosprint 84 (tons); Ewemaster Supreme Nuts 9 (tons); Lambmaster Supreme Pellets (Bulk) 18 (tons); Supabreed Nuts 16 (tons); Supalean Pellets (Bulk) 39 (tons); Supawean Pellets (bags of 25 kg ) 50 (tons).