Awarded contract

Evaluation of Food Law Rating System

Details

Buyer: Food Standards Scotland (FSS)
Supplier(s): IFF Resarch
Value: £78,075
Topic: Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published: 12 December 2023
Source: uk:public_contracts_scotland

Tender description

Food Standards Scotland (FSS) are commissioning an evaluation of the Food Law Rating System (FLRS). The evaluation will explore both the impact and the process of FLRS, considering capacity to apply the scheme, how it has affected business compliance and barriers and successes of its implementation. The findings from the evaluation will inform an ongoing piece of work at FSS which seeks to rebuild the food law enforcement delivery model in Scotland. FSS have an array of evidence collected during the lifetime of the scheme, and have pre-established contacts with those who currently deliver the scheme. FSS will work collaboratively with a Supplier to develop the evaluation, but require a Supplier to lead on the data collection and analysis. Food Standards Scotland have commissioned an evaluation of the Food Law Rating System (FLRS).

Timeline

Completed: Award date11 December 2023
Completed: Award published12 December 2023
Current notice

About the buyer

Food Standards Scotland is a non-ministerial office of the Scottish Administration, and buys as a central government body. The office became independent from the Food Standards Agency on 1 April 2015. The office is accountable to the public through the Scottish Parliament. Its headquarters are in Aberdeen. Recent tenders cover dietary surveys and analysis, cleaning and minor repairs, and locum meat health inspection services.

Over the past 5 years, most of FSS's contract awards have been in research and development, business services and IT services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@food-standards-scotland-fss.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@food-standards-scotland-fss.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@food-standards-scotland-fss.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@food-standards-scotland-fss.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@food-standards-scotland-fss.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@food-standards-scotland-fss.gov