Closed tender

Validation+transfer of HPLC + HRMS method for determination of syrup markers

Details

Buyer: Food Standards Agency
Published: 5 March 2026
Submission: 2 April 2026
Source: uk:atamis:dhsc

Tender description

STA to commission Fera to validate methods for honey authenticity testing. To be comissioned alongside project to validate HRMS method for honey authenticity as one contract (Validation of HPLC and HRMS methods for honey authenticity). Defra to provide further co-funding. + Joined Validation of HRMS method for the determination of the DP in honey + sugar syrup

Timeline

Completed: Tender published5 March 2026
Current notice
Completed: Submission date2 April 2026

About the buyer

The Food Standards Agency is a non-ministerial central government department, and a commercial team runs its procurement. 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.

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.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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