Awarded contract

Bioinformatics contractor to assess applications for approval of GMOs

Details

Buyer: Food Standards Agency
Supplier(s): Fera Science Ltd
Value: £1
Topic: Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published: 29 April 2024
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Tenders are invited to carry out analysis of genomic data for applications to the UK under the UK regulations on genetically modified food and feed to be costed on a per-dossier basis. Lot 1: Tenders are invited to carry out analysis of genomic data for applications to the UK under the UK regulations on genetically modified food and feed to be costed on a per- dossier basis.

Timeline

Completed: Award date22 April 2024
Completed: Award published29 April 2024
Current notice

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

73000000 · Research and development services and related consultancy services

Decision makers

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