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Official UK procurement notice
Survey of E. coli, Campylobacter, Salmonella & AMR on frozen chicken
Authority: Food Standards Agency (Central government)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Food Standards Agency has awarded 2 contracts following the tendering process for this requirement. There are 2 contracts awarded, 1 for each lot:
Lot 1. Survey design, sample collection at retail and transportation to the testing laboratory
Lot 2. Microbiological testing, data analysis and reporting.
- No preliminary market engagement: No prior market engagement was conducted due to an already defined scope and value of the procurement.
CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value (£180,000 together) · a supplier may bid for at most 1 and win at most 1 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Survey design, sample collection at retail and transportation to the testAwardedRenewalPublished value£50,000
Applicants should submit bids indicating a provisional design for a survey on E. coli, Campylobacter and Salmonella and AMR found on raw frozen chicken meat on retail sale in the UK. Sample collection For this survey, the frozen chicken items will need to be evenly sampled over a 12-month period commencing from October 2025 and concluding at the end of September 2026. Given the lack of AMR data on UK retail frozen chicken, we suggest sampling 300 (+5% contingency) frozen chicken samples at retail supermarkets as this will enable us to create a new baseline for AMR E. coli whilst also providing updated prevalence figures for Campylobacter and Salmonella Full details are in the specification document.
Lot #2Microbiological testing, data analysis and reportingAwardedRenewalPublished value£130,000
Applicants should submit bids indicating a microbiological testing for a survey on E. coli, Campylobacter and Salmonella and AMR found on raw frozen chicken meat on retail sale in the UK. Applicants must ensure good quality control throughout the sample arrival/logging and analysis and long-term storage of bacterial isolates. Full details are in the specification document.
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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 (3)
- Technical: 70%
- Commercial: 20%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical: 70%
- Social Value: 10%
- Commercial: 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Administrative change
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 30 Sept 2025, 11:43 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Jul 2026, 08:34 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 29 Aug 2025
- Authority reference
C361869- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-025144- Latest notice
- Contract change notice (UK10)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051eb8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 25 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders for FSA funded projects must be submitted through the health-family single e-commercial system (Atamis), using the following link: health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗. Failure to do so may result in the tender response not being processed by the system or the response being automatically disqualified during the evaluation stage of the tender process.
Timeline
22 May 2025 → 22 Jul 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published22 May 2025, 15:39 BST
- Clarification questions by12 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline25 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by29 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent380 days ago30 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends370 days ago9 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published85 days ago22 Jul 2026, 08:34 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2025- Tender notice published22 May 2025, 15:39 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published30 Sept 2025, 11:43 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected17 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published2 Dec 2025, 16:17 GMTUK7
- Contract change notice published22 Jul 2026, 08:34 BSTUK10
- Contract change proposed31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTThe modification does not materially alter the overall nature of the contract i.e. the requirement remains within the original scope of microbiological testing and associated deliverables, with no substantive change to the intended purpose, outputs.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 · Survey design, sample collection at retail and transportation to the test2 awards | |||
| HallMark Meat Hygiene Ltd20 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2027 | £45,981 | 30 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
| HallMark Meat Hygiene Ltd | — | — | Awarded |
| Lot 2 · Microbiological testing, data analysis and reporting2 awards | |||
| Animal and Plant Health Agency20 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2027 | £263,658 | 30 Sept 2025standstill to 9 Oct 2025 | Standstill |
| Animal and Plant Health Agency | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
C393546 - Lot 2 · Animal and Plant Health Agency
- Signed
- 26 Oct 2025
- Value
- £266,145
- Period
- 27 Oct 2025 – 30 Jun 2027
- Status
- active
- Change proposed 31 Jul 2026 The modification does not materially alter the overall nature of the contract i.e. the requirement remains within the original scope of microbiological testing and associated deliverables, with no substantive change to the intended purpose, outputs., new value £354,995 · new end date 30 Oct 2027
C393545 - Lot 1 · HallMark Meat Hygiene Ltd
- Signed
- 26 Oct 2025
- Value
- £45,981
- Period
- 27 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Survey design, sample collection at retail and transportation to the test | 1final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 · Microbiological testing, data analysis and reporting | 1final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Animal and Plant Health AgencyAwarded supplier
- Hallmark Meat Hygiene LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender