PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

National Reference Laboratory for Food and Feed

Food Standards Agency · published 31 Jan 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 ID1986193a-764c-47ad-9d36-57a80d59e9d1-822424
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-0f7cdfea-e93b-497b-afd2-252b96fb1837
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-261922
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£382,503
award field
Tender value
£382,503
tender field
Procurement method
Open procedure (above threshold)
Category
services
CPV
73000000
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Delivery
Not stated
YO1 7PR
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

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.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release31 Jan 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published8 Jul 2024
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2029
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

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Published name only

Fera Science Limited

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 31 Jan 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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