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Food Standards Agency tenders and contracts
Today there is 1 open Food Standards Agency tender on Find a Tender. It has 46 contracts running that we know of, and 4 of them are recurring services ending in the next 3 to 12 months, so they'll probably be tendered again. Half of those with a stated value (leaving out frameworks) are worth under £130k. 12% of the places on them are held by small firms, as declared on the award notices.
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| Tender | Sector | Value | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Determination of levels of PFAS in (+ migrating from) Food Contact Materials FCM | Architecture, engineering & surveying | £270k | 19 Oct |
Up for renewal within a year
Food Standards Agency's recurring service contracts that end in the next 3 to 12 months. Most are tendered again before they end.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| High geochemical lead survey | Fera Science Ltd | £200k | 31 Mar 2027 |
| Survey of E. coli, Campylobacter, Salmonella & AMR on frozen chicken | Hallmark Meat Hygiene Ltd | £46k | 31 Mar 2027 |
| C407408 Sampling and testing of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli in waterways | 20/30 Labs Ltd SME | £265k | 30 Apr 2027 |
| Investigating Legume Allergy in the UK | The University of Surrey | £85k | 30 May 2027 |
Recent contract winners
The latest contracts Food Standards Agency has awarded, as published on its award notices.
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| EU harmonised surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) E. coli and Salmonella found in fresh beef and pork meat on retail sale in the UK in 2027 | UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) SME | £134k | 12 Oct |
| Additional Analytical Methods for NDNS Biomonitoring | University of Aberdeen | £130k | 6 Oct |
| Metagenomic Profiling of Gut Microbiome IID3: New Perspectives Infectious Intestinal Disease | University of Liverpool | £600k | 1 Oct |
| WP5 Social Science - The future of food regulation | The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited | £50k | 25 Sep |
| EU harmonised surveillance of AMR E. coli and Salmonella found in beef and pork | HallMark Meat Hygiene Ltd (HallMark Veterinary & Compliance Services) | £71k | 22 Sep |
| Effectiveness of interventions taken by UK slaughterhouses and cutting plants in response to unsatisfactory process hygiene criteria (PHC) results | University of Lincoln | £122k | 16 Sep |
| PATH-SAFE Genomic Data Platform - Strategy Strand | Name withheld | £199k | 8 Sep |
| PATH-SAFE Genomic Data Platform - Technical Strand | University of Oxford (Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance) | £967k | 8 Sep |
| Methods of an analytical method for NDNS biomonitoring of mycotoxins (lot 1) | University of Aberdeen | £130k | 4 Sep |
| Environmental Surveillance: OSMA and OSD | Fera Science Ltd | £1.6m | 3 Sep |
| Linking phenotypes to WGS from foodborne bacterial pathogens | UKHSA | £300k | 27 Aug |
| EU harmonised surveillance of AMR E. coli and Salmonella found in beef and pork – Lot 2 | UK Health Security Agency | £134k | 27 Aug |
What Food Standards Agency buys
Its running contracts by sector.
Other buyers in Yorkshire and the Humber
The North Yorkshire Council (8 open) · Sheffield City Council (8 open) · Hull City Council (8 open) · City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (6 open) · Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation (6 open) · Yorkshire Water Services Limited (6 open) · East Riding of Yorkshire Council (5 open) · Leeds City Council (5 open) · City of York Council (4 open) · York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority (4 open)
From notices published on Find a Tender and Public Contracts Scotland. A buyer can also advertise smaller contracts elsewhere, such as Contracts Finder or its own portal.