Fresh high quality fertile chicken eggs suitable for medical research

The Agency is looking to purchase fresh high quality fertile chicken eggs suitable for medical research.

The specification for the eggs are as follows :

• Fresh high quality fertile chicken eggs suitable for medical research with good shell strength, free of cracks and other damage, with low (less than 1%) incidence of misplaced air sac, and able to achieve a normal growth rate in at least 95% of eggs incubated for 10 days • Flock/s to be maintained to DEFRA Poultry Health Scheme standards with regular health screening • Eggs to have white shells and a minimum weight of 50 g • Able to supply at least 1000 eggs per week split over 2 separate deliveries (currently 300 Mondays and 700 Thursdays) • Able to respond to short notice (one week) requests for increase in numbers (up to several hundred eggs) • Eggs to be delivered by the company's own transport • Notification must be made to NIBSC of any changes in service or specifications (including changes to the flock/s and health status of the flock) before affected eggs are dispatched.

As far as we are aware there is only one supplier who is able to meet this very specific request. Potential suppliers if they feel they can meet the requirement should email Nawaz.habib@nibsc.org to register an interest.

If no submissions of potential interest are received by close of play 28 March 2019, it is then intended to perform a direct award without competition to the sole supplier we believe can deliver the required product.