PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Chemical Testing for Northern Ireland

Food Standards Agency · published 7 May 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 IDc8b484a2-e651-46ff-ab81-6e3196c95ea0-843928
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-86c61ce3-73d2-419d-912f-f07975e37b39
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-249436
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£89,060
award field
Tender value
£252,000
tender field
Procurement method
Open procedure (above threshold)
Category
services
CPV
73111000
Research laboratory services
Delivery
Not stated
YO1 7PR
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The National Reference Laboratory(ies) for Chemical and Contaminant Testing for Northern Ireland (NI) will play a vital role in protecting consumers from illness that could arise from the consumption of food or feed contaminated with chemical contaminants such as metals, nitrogenous compounds, processing contaminants and halogenated persistent organic pollutants. The NRL will provide specialist advice as requested by the FSA and technical support to the NI enforcement process for food, feed and products thereof. This is a multiple lot tender. Tenders are invited to bid for all lots, several lots together or one lot. This is a 4 year contract with an optional 2 year extension. The estimated value of the Contract is estimated to be between £0 - £252,000 (inc VAT) for the total duration, including the 2 year extension. The FSA is not required to take the extension.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release7 May 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

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Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety

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Contracts Finder release

Published 7 May 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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