Awarded contract

Potential migration levels of mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOAH and MOSH) from food

Details

Buyer: Food Standards Agency
Supplier(s): Fera Science Ltd
Duration: 1 year
Topic: Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published: 8 January 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

There is currently limited UK capability to measure MOSH/MOAH levels in foods. To evaluate dietary exposure and possible migration levels of MOSH/MOAH, methodology for the determination of MOSH/MOAH in foods needs to be established. The objective of this current piece of work is to apply methods for the detection of MOSH/MOAH within food and ascertain any potential migration levels from food contact materials and as environmental contaminants in food. The development of these methods and their subsequent validation will allow the FSA to determine the risk to the consumer from exposure from foods which have been contaminated with MOSH/MOAH and additionally respond to incidents. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published8 January 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date8 January 2026
Next: Contract expiry date26 February 2027in 5 months

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
73200000 · Research and development consultancy services

Decision makers

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