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Sheep Genotyping Services

Descriptions

Signet Breeding Services is the part of AHDB responsible for delivering the UK’s national genetic evaluations to sheep producers.

 

Signet delivers three mixed breed genetic evaluations to the sheep industry, one for terminal sire breeds, one for lowland maternal breeds and one for hill breeds. Our terminal sire and hill evaluations utilise genomic information that has been provided to AHDB from a variety of different sources using a range of chip types. Genomic approaches are rapidly being developed for our lowland maternal evaluation.

 

AHDB is seeking tender applications to secure the services of companies that can provide the genotypes required to complete this work. Two work packages are specified within this tender document. Bidders can bid for either work package or both of them.

 

Work Package 1. Medium density sheep genotyping for hill sheep and maternal breeds.

Work Package 2. Medium density sheep genotyping for terminal sire breeds.

Closing date for submissions by 12 noon on the 3 November 2025

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Timeline

Published Date :

23rd Sep 2025 23 days ago

Deadline :

3rd Nov 2025 in a 18 days

Contract Start :

26th Jan 2027

Contract End :

26th Dec 2027

CPV Codes

Keywords

lab testing

sample analysis

controlled experiments

instrumentation services

chemical testing

biological assays

analytical procedures

measurement validation

laboratory reporting

scientific trials

Tender Lot Details

2 Tender Lots

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Workflows

Status :

Open

Procedure :

N/A

Suitable for SME :

Yes

Nationwide :

No

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Tender Progress :

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Details

Notice Type :

Tender

Tender Identifier :

IT-378-246-T: 2024 - 001

Tenderbase ID :

310724019

Low Value :

£100K

High Value :

£1000K

Buyer Information

Address :

Liverpool Merseyside , Merseyside , L13 0BQ

Website :

N/A

Procurement contact

Name :

Tina Smith

Phone :

0151 252 3243

Email :

tina.smith@shared-ed.ac.uk

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