Official UK procurement notice
Bacterial Contamination of Bivalve Molluscs FS616026 NRL
Authority: The Food Standards Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) designated by the FSA and FSS in accordance with Assimilated Law 2017/625 are a critical part of our national infrastructure for delivering a safe and authentic food system. The NRLs play a pivotal role in food safety enforcement by providing support and impartial expert advice to Official Laboratories (OLs) and for the FSA and FSS on testing of food and feed, identifying new areas of research interest and emerging threats, developing novel analytical methods and providing advice and testing capability during an emergency incident.<br/>The appointed laboratory will carry out the provision of services for the UK National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for bacteriological contamination of live bivalve molluscs.
CPV: Laboratory services · Research and development consultancy services · Research laboratory services
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical criteria: 80%
- Commercial criteria: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical criteria: 80
- Commercial criteria: 20
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Mar 2024, 16:44 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 Mar 2024, 16:44 GMT
- Authority reference
FS616026- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-009262- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 18 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
21 Mar 2024 → 1 Apr 2025 · 3 dates- Notice published21 Mar 2024, 16:44 GMT
- Submission deadline18 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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