Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Food Standards Agency · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Umweltbundesamt GmbH Organic analytics SME
- Value
- £156,491.52
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Research & development · Research and development services and related consultancy services (CPV 73000000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 001618-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Dec 2025
- Published8 Jan 2026Published 23 days after the contract date
Description
Following UK exit from the European Union (EU), the Windsor Framework (incorporating former arrangements under the Northern Ireland Protocol) requires<br/>Northern Ireland to continue to adhere to the EU Official Controls set out in Regulation<br/>2017/625, ref regarding the arrangement of official controls, including the designation of NRLs. Furthermore, NRLs for NI must be separately designated from those in GB, whereas prior to EU exit, NRLs were designated on a UK-wide basis. Additionally, under the Windsor Framework arrangements, NI NRLs must be located in an EU member state or within European Economic Area (EEA) i.e. they cannot be located<br/>within any part of the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland.
About the supplier
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