For procurement teams
A2 Milk Raw Material Supplier for Dairy Businesses
This page is written for procurement and sourcing managers. It sets out how a supply specification is constructed, what we can commit to, and what documentation accompanies each despatch.
- Written specifications
- Volume planning
- Supplier evaluation support
Specification
Building the procurement specification
A supply agreement should be readable by someone who was not in the negotiation. We work through five blocks with every buyer before the first commercial despatch.
Material definition
Raw chilled cow milk, breed basis (Gir, Kankrej or a defined mix), and the A2:A1 procurement basis where contracted.
Quality parameters
Compositional bands, hygiene limits, method for each parameter, and the tolerance applied at intake.
Sampling protocol
Sampling point, frequency, retention samples and the referee laboratory nominated in case of dispute.
Volume and schedule
Base daily volume, seasonal flex band, delivery windows and notice periods for changes.
Documentation
COA fields, batch records, traceability records and the retention period for each.
Commercial terms
FAT/SNF pricing basis, rejection criteria, price-revision triggers and payment terms.
Reference
Typical specification structure
Indicative structure only — actual bands are agreed with each buyer against their process requirement and are written into the supply agreement.
| Parameter | Method / basis | Why buyers ask for it |
|---|---|---|
| FAT | Agreed reference method, band specified in the contract | Primary pricing axis and product yield. |
| SNF | Agreed reference method, band specified in the contract | Second pricing axis; also screens for dilution. |
| Titratable acidity | Maximum limit as % lactic acid | Freshness gate at intake. |
| Alcohol stability | Pass criterion at defined ethanol concentration | Rejection criterion before unloading. |
| MBRT | Minimum reduction time | Hygiene grading of the lot. |
| Temperature at delivery | Maximum on-arrival temperature | Cold-chain compliance at handover. |
| Documentation | COA plus despatch and seal record per load | Enables acceptance without full retesting. |
Planning
Volume planning and long-term supply
Indigenous-cattle milk supply is seasonal. Programmes are planned around a realistic base volume with a defined flex band, and both parties agree in advance how shortfalls and surpluses are handled.
For buyers scaling a new line, we prefer to start at a volume we can hold through the lean season and grow from there, rather than quote a peak-season number that cannot be sustained. Capacity for planned scale-ups is reserved against the sourcing network ahead of time.
Supplier evaluation
We support standard supplier-qualification processes: site visits to collection and chilling infrastructure, review of laboratory records behind a issued COA, a traceability walk-back on a nominated historical lot, and documentation for your vendor file. Our supplier evaluation checklist sets out the questions we expect to be asked.
Talk to our procurement team
Send us your procurement specification
Share your daily or monthly volume, breed preference, destination and quality specification. Our procurement team responds with an indicative commercial proposal and a sample Certificate of Analysis.