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# Auditing of Plastic Recyclers (Food Contact Materials)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/auditing-of-plastic-recyclers-food-contact-materials-ocds-h6vhtk-02d4f8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Food Standards Agency: "Auditing of Plastic Recyclers (Food Contact Materials)". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 1 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: food.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Food Standards Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-food-standards-agency-gov-d102)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 1 October 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research and development services and related consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £92,138 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02d4f8`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/auditing-of-plastic-recyclers-food-contact-materials-ocds-h6vhtk-02d4f8#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [food.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffood.bravosolution.co.uk%2Fweb%2Flogin.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/auditing-of-plastic-recyclers-food-contact-materials-ocds-h6vhtk-02d4f8#participate

## Description
Tenders were invited to carry out audits of recycling plants in the UK where recycled plastic will be placed on the market for use in food contact applications. Auditing will need to commence after the European Commission publishes its authorisation decisions for processes placing recycled plastic onto the EU market. The earliest the 
Mid-tier ContractProject Version: v1.0 54 Model Version: v1.0work will be required to start is January 2022, although we cannot rule out a delay and would like to bring this to the attention of prospective applicants. Audits will be carried out initially on the basis of one audit per site per year, with the repeat frequency of auditing based on the success of previous audits. Sites that do not pass their initial audit will require a follow-up visit within a period of 28 calendar days for them to address issues raised in the first visit

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Tenders were invited to carry out audits of recycling plants in the UK where recycled plastic will be placed on the market for use in food contact applications. Auditing will need to commence after the European Commission publishes its authorisation ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 029890-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **SGS United Kingdom Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-32997`
  - Value: £92,138 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 029890-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £92,138
  - Signed Date: 30/11/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F029890-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-12-01T22:45:08.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T03:56:46.723Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02d4f8