Awarded contract

NI NRL for Parasites

Details

Buyer: Food Standards Agency
Supplier(s): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM)
Value: £107,449.12
Duration: 4 years
Topic: Laboratory services
Published: 1 August 2025
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

This is a dual lot tender. Tenders are invited to bid for both lots together or one lot. After a failed open procurement, the works were direct awarded to the supplier. The NRL for Parasites for NI will play a vital role in protecting consumers from illness that could arise from the consumption of fish infected with parasites such as Anisakis and meat infected with parasites such as Trichinella and Echinococcus. The NRL will provide specialist advice as requested by the FSA and technical support to the NI enforcement process for food, feed and products thereof.  The designated laboratory(ies) will carry out the provision of Services for the NRLs for NI for the following areas:    Lot 1 NRL for Parasites - Anisakis   Lot 2 NRL for Parasites - Trichinella and Echinococcus

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 April 2025
Completed: Award published1 August 2025
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2029in 2 years

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

71900000 · Laboratory services
73200000 · Research and development consultancy services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@food-standards-agency.gov
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Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@food-standards-agency.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@food-standards-agency.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@food-standards-agency.gov