AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD
2025-789 Supply of dairy cattle genotyping
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Genomic evaluations for dairy traits have been available in the UK since 2012 through AHDB Dairy’s genetic evaluation services.
This opportunity is for the provision of genotyping a population of Holstein dairy cows that have methane phenotypes recorded on UK dairy farms.
AHDB is seeking tender applications to secure the services of a single bidder that can provide the genotyping service of 7,500 milking cows across 25-35 UK milk-recording dairy farms.
Service requirements include: o Farm liaison o Sample collection o DNA extraction o SNP calling (≥55,000 SNPs at >=90% CR absolute minimum) o Submission of genotype, FMT200 pedigree and cross reference files to AHDB’s genomic portal o Quality control – Reported failures must be corrected and resubmitted.
Closing date for submissions by 12 noon on the 9 February 2026 https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome
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AHDB is seeking tender applications to secure
AHDB is seeking tender applications to secure the services of a single bidder that can provide the genotyping service of 7,500 milking cows across 25-35 UK milk-recording dairy farms.
Reported failures must be corrected and resubmitted
Reported failures must be corrected and resubmitted.
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- ocds-h6vhtk-060605
- Stage
- award · Awarded
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Buyer ref
- 033626-2026
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