Awarded contract

Research: Social Science Call-Off

Details

Buyer: Food Standards Agency
Supplier(s): BASIS SOCIAL LIMITED
Value: £2,500,000
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published: 9 April 2026
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

The FSA's Social Science team produces work based on a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies with a wide range of research participants, including (but not limited to) the general public, Food Business Operators (FBOs), FSA stakeholders (e.g. Local Authorities, third sector organisations and academics), and specific groups of consumers (e.g., people with food hypersensitivities, students).

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 April 2026
Completed: Award published9 April 2026
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2029in 3 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

73000000 · Research and development services and related consultancy services
73110000 · Research 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