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# Chemical Testing for Northern Ireland Lot 3

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/chemical-testing-for-northern-ireland-lot-3-ocds-h6vhtk-045a40). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Food Standards Agency: "Chemical Testing for Northern Ireland Lot 3". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 9 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: health-family.force.com.

## 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:** £1 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 9 July 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research and development consultancy services, Research and development services and related consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £156,492 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-045a40`

## 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/chemical-testing-for-northern-ireland-lot-3-ocds-h6vhtk-045a40#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [health-family.force.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhealth-family.force.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/chemical-testing-for-northern-ireland-lot-3-ocds-h6vhtk-045a40#participate

## Description
Following UK exit from the European Union (EU), the Windsor Framework (incorporating former arrangements under the Northern Ireland Protocol) requires<br/>Northern Ireland to continue to adhere to the EU Official Controls set out in Regulation<br/>2017/625, ref regarding the arrangement of official controls, including the designation of NRLs. Furthermore, NRLs for NI must be separately designated from those in GB, whereas prior to EU exit, NRLs were designated on a UK-wide basis. Additionally, under the Windsor Framework arrangements, NI NRLs must be located in an EU member state or within European Economic Area (EEA) i.e. they cannot be located<br/>within any part of the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland.

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

- **Estimated Value:** £1

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2025 to 31/03/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 001618-2026-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Umweltbundesamt GmbH Organic analytics**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-170951`
  - Value: £156,492 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 001618-2026-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £156,492
  - Signed Date: 16/12/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001618-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-08T16:43:22.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T17:12:22.193Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-045a40