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
- Fera Science Limited
- Value
- £382,503
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Research & development · Research and development services and related consultancy services (CPV 73000000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 003391-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Jan 2025
- Published31 Jan 2025Published 22 days after the contract date
Description
The FSA and FSS are responsible for Official Feed and Food Controls across the UK. The UK has a legal obligation to appoint NRLs for feed and food safety. NRLs provide advice and support to food, feed, and food contact materials enforcement laboratories and the FSA and FSS to ensure a harmonised approach to food safety enforcement. NRLs are responsible for setting standards for routine procedures and reliable testing methods in the regulated areas of feed and food. This delivers consumer protection and effective, risk-based, and proportionate regulation and enforcement.<br/><br/><br/><br/>The appointed laboratory will carry out the provision of services for the UK NRL for feed and food additives.
About the supplier
Fera Science Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09413107).