# RDE666 Alternative pre-slaughter handling systems for the electrical stunning

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs](/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [SAC Commercial Ltd](/contract-winners/sac-commercial/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £48,029
- Tender value: £48,029
- Award date: 22 August 2024
- Published: 11 September 2024
- Contract start: 1 October 2024
- Contract end: 31 March 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 89d882e4-7e6c-42b8-a648-88217e994e3e-784622
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-624786b2-ab35-4bfe-988c-218a4c5ee782

## Description

Overall aim: To determine whether it is feasible to refine handling systems for the electrical stunning of slaughter weight pigs, taking into consideration group handling of pigs and potential for automation to reduce stockperson handling and pig isolation before slaughter and achieve higher throughput\. This is with a view to providing in the longer term a non-aversive alternative to high concentration carbon dioxide stunning\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/89d882e4-7e6c-42b8-a648-88217e994e3e-784622)