Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products

Tender description

The Pig Health Scheme monitors English finishing pigs at slaughter for incidence and severity of specified health conditions. Note: sows and other ages of pigs are not included in this scheme. This scheme is available to all pig levy payers by signing up to the terms and conditions, and sending pigs wishing to be assessed on specified days at each participating abattoir. Individual data can be bench marked against averages for others within the scheme. The tender is to be split into 2 parts; training and quality assurance of the scheme (Lot 1) and the physical scoring/assessment (Lot 2). Tenderers are permitted to apply for one or both parts of the tender, but must be prepared to work collaboratively if separate tenderers are successful. Lot 1 is to provide robust training and quality assurance to the scheme. Lot 2 is to provide the scoring/assessment of the pigs at the specified abattoirs. Provide robust training and quality assurance to the scheme. Provide the scoring/assessment of the pigs at the specified abattoirs.