PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Development and Optimisation of Methods for Detection and Speciation of Offal

Defra · published 5 Jun 2025. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID174e8a3c-eff3-4d5b-bd3a-8a58d3c4f1cc-848397
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-32a20490-e934-4182-9af7-6c4cbbbecce8
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-236261
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

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Award value
£99,947
award field
Tender value
£99,947
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
73120000
Experimental development services
Delivery
Not stated
SW1P 4DF
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Defra's Food Authenticity programme develops 'fit for purpose' methods to verify food labelling rules and compositional standards to help food law enforcers and industry to protect consumers from food fraud. The programme invests in cutting edge methods and has a focus on knowledge transfer to ensure methods are taken-up and used.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release5 Jun 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published4 Apr 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published27 May 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2026
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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Published name only

Fera Science Ltd

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 5 Jun 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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