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
- LGC
- Value
- £613,967.09
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Laboratory services (CPV 71900000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 013982-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Mar 2025
- Published9 Apr 2025Published 26 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. The contract will be delivered over four years, starting 1st April 2025, to end 31st March 2029. There will be an optional 2-year extension that can be enacted by variation. The applicant is required to submit a quote covering the full 4 years period and are encouraged to provide intelligent …
About the supplier
LGC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02991879).