Wool Quality Testing for Menter Mon's 'Made with Wool / Gwnaed a Gwlan' Project

Descriptions

3.1This is an ambitious project and will require ongoing technical support from an organisation with extensive experience in the wool industry to carry out the following:•Wool Quality Sampling and Testing (i.e. Importance of testing Mean Fibre Diameter along the entire fibre length, plus other relevant tests to determine wool fibre properties.Fleeces from Welsh Farms will be analysed for quality to pilot and demonstrate practical methods of determining quality, and to highlight the impact of variables such as breed, farm type, diet and shearing on wool quality. To provide farmers and users in the wool supply chain with the knowledge and demographic of wool types and quality that are available across Wales.NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=115863.The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.