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# The Food Standards Agency · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-food-standards-agency-gov-d102). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** The Food Standards Agency is a Central government based in Yorkshire and the Humber. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 224 published procedures, with 2 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** The Food Standards Agency
- **Classification:** Central government
- **Delivery Region:** Yorkshire and the Humber
- **Authority ID:** `GB-FTS-1010` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 2
- **Total Published Procedures:** 224
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £17m (median award: £101k) across 69 of 69 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** govuk-organisations (Food Standards Agency)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-food-standards-agency-gov-d102

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 1.5 bids (median of 10 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 50% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** 10% below the published estimate (median of 4 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 83 (98%), Framework: 2 (2%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Open: 39 (46%), Direct award: 37 (44%), Limited / restricted: 5 (6%), Route not published: 3 (4%), Selective: 1 (1%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Research and development services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/research-development-r-d-73000000) (CPV 73):** 38 notices, last 24 months (45% of this period)
2. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 14 notices, last 24 months (16% of this period)
3. **[Architectural, construction, engineering](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/architecture-engineering-71000000) (CPV 71):** 5 notices, last 24 months (6% of this period)
4. **[IT services: consulting, software, internet](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/it-services-software-72000000) (CPV 72):** 5 notices, last 24 months (6% of this period)
5. **[Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85):** 3 notices, last 24 months (4% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Eville and Jones](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/eville-and-jones-coh-10037065):** 68 procedures (73 awards)
2. **[Fera Science Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/fera-science-ltd-coh-09413107):** 22 procedures (26 awards)
3. **[The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-social-agency-basis-social-limited-GB-PPON-PDGM-3194-LVZD):** 7 procedures
4. **[LGC LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/lgc-limited-coh-02991879):** 6 procedures (7 awards)
5. **[HallMark Meat Hygiene Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/hallmark-meat-hygiene-ltd-coh-04415388):** 5 procedures (7 awards)

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Fera Science Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/fera-science-ltd-coh-09413107):** £3.6m · [Specialist Science and Contingency Services - Food Contingency Laboratory](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-science-and-contingency-services-food-contingency-laboratory-ocds-h6vhtk-04ee8b)
2. **[Fera Science Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/fera-science-ltd-coh-09413107):** £1.6m · [Environmental Surveillance: OSMA and OSD](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/environmental-surveillance-osma-and-osd-ocds-h6vhtk-06c5e6)
3. **[Elis UK Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/elis-cleanroom-coh-00228604):** £1.4m · [Laundry Service Provision in approved establishments in England and Wales](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/laundry-service-provision-in-approved-establishments-in-england-and-wales-ocds-h6vhtk-051582)
4. **[University of Oxford](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/university-of-oxford-GB-FTS-79643):** £967k · [PATH-SAFE Genomic Data Platform - Technical Strand](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/path-safe-genomic-data-platform-technical-strand-ocds-h6vhtk-06f48b) · Awarded: 7 Sept 2026
5. **[University of Birmingham](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/university-of-birmingham-coh-rc000645):** £664k · [4-year Fellowship - endpoint toxicity for a mixture of chemicals](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/4-year-fellowship-endpoint-toxicity-for-a-mixture-of-chemicals-ocds-h6vhtk-067482)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 26
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 38
- **Catalogue Retender Radar:** [Track upcoming UK contract expiries](https://tenderline.uk/retenders)

## Award Values & Counterparties
> **Complete Contracting Authority Dossier:** Published award values over 24 months, supplier rosters, contract expiry dates, and direct award breakdowns are available in the interactive dossier on Tenderline:
> [Explore full The Food Standards Agency intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-food-standards-agency-gov-d102#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-food-standards-agency-gov-d102
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt