Procurement Summary
Country : USA
Summary : Nutrition and Bedding
Deadline : 08 Dec 2023
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Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 93237909
Document Ref. No. : 180019818
Financier : Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership : Public
Tender Value : Refer Document
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tender are invited for Nutrition and Bedding
Standing PO requested for FY24: Animal supply aggregation and local warehousing for Shepherd, NEPCO, and
Clear H2O for animal bedding and various sources of feed, special animal diets and enrichment, and gels
hydration and nutrient.
Sole source for aggregating (brokering) our particular essential materials for animal care that fit our specific
needs:
o OCM uses a specific bedding material, Alpha-Dri, a Shepherd Specialty Papers product, for which we have a
sole source designation. Until recently, Shepherd maintained stock in a local 3PL, and we purchased directly
from Shepherd. Shepherd is discontinuing both the 3PL relationship and selling direct to the University of Utah.
Lab Supply, a national distributor and sole provider for Shepherd products in Utah, is assuming the sales and
3PL relationships for Utah. This helps us maintain an acceptable level of locally accessible, critical supplies,
allowing us to support the research at the University.
o Similarly, we buy through Lab Supply: NEPCO-s aspen shavings products for animal bedding, as well as Clear
H2O-s HydroGel hydration product and DietGel nutrition gel product. Lab Supply is the exclusive authorized
distributor for NEPCO bedding products in Utah and for Clear H2O research laboratory animal products in
several states including Utah.
o Lab Supply is a very large, high volume, distributor of these supplies enabling volume pricing from the vendors
keeping prices more consistent.
o Lab Supply will buy in bulk from Shepherd Specialty Papers. Lab Supply will take over buying from Shepherd
and we will stop buying direct from Shepherd.
o Lab Supply will group our orders and maximize pallets; ship by full truckloads and save us money on freight
and the current pallet charges we incur with Shepherd shipments.
o Lab Supply serves as exclusive distributor for both NEPCO and Clear H2O products in Utah as
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