The Food Standards Agency: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
GOV.UK register: Non-ministerial department·Central government·Nationwide (UK)·York
Find a Tender organisation id1010
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
40 awarded tenders, 26 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| Eville and Jones | 9 | 22.5% | 0 | 9 | 5 Apr 2023 |
| Fera Science Ltd | 4 | 10% | 0 | 4 | 26 Sept 2022 |
| I.F.F RESEARCH LIMITED | 3 | 7.5% | 0 | 3 | 27 Sept 2022 |
| LGC LIMITED | 3 | 7.5% | 0 | 3 | 6 Aug 2021 |
| Cefas | 2 | 5% | 0 | 2 | 16 Jun 2021 |
| University of Portsmouth | 1 | 2.5% | 0 | 1 | 30 Jun 2021 |
| UK Health Security Agency | 1 | 2.5% | 0 | 1 | 28 Feb 2023 |
| HallMark Meat Hygiene Ltd | 1 | 2.5% | 0 | 1 | 28 Feb 2023 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 40% of 40 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 26 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards — not a statement of preference.
Recent procedures
Latest 49 of 49 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information needs for FHS consumers when eating out, and information provision of allergen information in businesses selling non pre packed foodResearch and development services and related consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 3 Nov 2021 | — |
| FS430936 FSA and Official Controls: Research with food business operatorsResearch and development services and related consultancy services | Open | 8 Oct 2021 | — |
| The Consumer Interest in FoodResearch and development services and related consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 6 Oct 2021 | — |
| FS430817 Transmission of AMR during the processing of chicken productsResearch and development services and related consultancy services | Open | 20 Sept 2021 | — |
| FS616035 NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORY for Feed AdditivesResearch laboratory services | Awarded / complete | 6 Aug 2021 | — |
| FS616029 National Reference Laboratory for Genetically Modified Organisms in Food and FeedResearch laboratory services | Awarded / complete | 6 Aug 2021 | — |
| Extension of Kitchen Life 2 - Microbiological analysis of kitchen surfaces and material Contract DurationResearch and development services and related consultancy services | Open | 4 Aug 2021 | — |
| FS430418 - GMO Food and Feed Testing Capability Post EU-ExitResearch laboratory services | Awarded / complete | 28 Jul 2021 | — |
| Cost of Food Crime Phase 2Research and development services and related consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 30 Jun 2021 | — |
| FS616030 - 4 National Reference Laboratory for Food ContaminantsResearch laboratory services | Awarded / complete | 17 Jun 2021 | — |
| FS430551 NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORY for Foodborne Virus including Bivalve MolluscsResearch laboratory services | Awarded / complete | 16 Jun 2021 | — |
| FS616026 NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORY for Bacterial Contamination of Bivalve MolluscsResearch laboratory services | Awarded / complete | 16 Jun 2021 | — |
| FS430727 Precautionary Allergen Labelling (PAL)Research and development services and related consultancy services | Open | 10 Jun 2021 | — |
| FS430702 Valuing the FSA’s contribution to trust in the food systemResearch and development services and related consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 12 Apr 2021 | — |
| FS430677 - Survey of Salmonella, E. coli and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in frozen, part-cooked breaded or battered poultry products at retail sale in the UKResearch and development services and related consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 9 Mar 2021 | — |
| FS430412 Auditing of Plastic Recyclers (Food Contact Materials)Research and development services and related consultancy services | Open | 26 Feb 2021 | — |
| FS430651 - Behaviours in Kitchens (Kitchen Life 2)Research and development services and related consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 19 Feb 2021 | — |
| Procurement of a bioinformatics contractorResearch and development services and related consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 17 Feb 2021 | — |
| FS430621 Survival of SARS-CoV-2 on food surfaces and food packaging materialsResearch and development services and related consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 15 Feb 2021 | — |
| FS430602 Small and micro food business operator (FBO) tracking survey and Audit of display of food hygiene ratings in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and business survey.Research and development services and related consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 6 Jan 2021 | — |
Data coverage & method
- Source: Find a Tender OCDS releases; mixed PCR 2015 / Procurement Act 2023 history — no legal-regime label is applied.
- Counts are procedures (one notice family), not lots. Authority cluster = canonical buyer plus beneficiary and procuring-entity roles.
- Published procedure values exist on a minority of notices; their lifetime sum (£2.5m, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
- Bid counts, deadline-to-award, amendments and award-vs-estimate come from the nightly buyer analytics row; each figure’s own method and sample is behind its , the long form on Methodology.
- Contract end dates: 9 of 42 published contracts carry a period end; 0 end within 18 months, 0 within 6.
- Never shown: contact details, predicted winners, payment behaviour, or “who to invite”.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (4 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)
Official notices referenced this authority under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.
Canonical page id: GB-FTS-1010