Expired contract

FS616030 NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORY for Food Contaminants

Details

Supplier(s)
Fera Science Ltd
Value
£1,337,428.5
Duration
4 years
Topic
Research laboratory services
Published
17 June 2021

Tender description

This project is to re-procure the contract for the UK National Reference Laboratory for Food Contaminants from the 1st April 2021 for four years (incorporating a two-year break point for review in 2023). The FSA will confirm if they wish to proceed with the break point by variation to the contract, confirming intentions and any changes to the requirement. The appointed laboratory will carry out the provision of services for the UK National Reference Laboratory for Food Contaminants for the following areas in food: - Lot 1 - NRL for Mycotoxins and Plant Toxins in Feed and Food - Lot 2 - NRL for Metals and Nitrogenous Compounds in Feed and Food - Lot 3 - NRL for Processing Contaminants - Lot 4 - NRL for Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Feed and Food - *Lot 5 - NRL for Materials and Articles in Contact with Food

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date1 April 2021
  2. Completed: Award published17 June 2021
    Current notice
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date31 March 2025

About the buyer

The Food Standards Agency is a non-ministerial central government department, and a commercial team runs its procurement. Every tender is advertised through the Health Family Single eCommercial System, known as Atamis, with larger opportunities also appearing on Find a Tender. Contracts Finder lists smaller opportunities separately. Crown Commercial Service and Government Commercial Service frameworks cover some procurements, with the call-off contract included in the tender. Standard contract terms scale with value, up to a model services contract for the largest projects. Suppliers register on Atamis to express interest and submit responses electronically.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of Food Standards Agency's contract awards have been in research and development, business services and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 73111000 · Research laboratory services

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