Official UK procurement notice
Development of a Pay and Reward Strategy for the Food Standards Agency
Authority: The Food Standards Agency (Central government)
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is an independent Government department working across England, Wales and Northern Ireland to protect public health and consumers wider interest in food. We make sure food is safe and what it says it is. The resulting strategy should support workforce sustainability, organisational performance and employee engagement, whilst recognising the operating constraints of the Civil Service pay framework and the need to demonstrate value for money. This figure is provided for guidance purposes only and does not represent a maximum or minimum contract value.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Food Standards Agency (FSA) is an independent Government department working across England, Wales and Northern Ireland to protect public health and consumers wider interest in food. We make sure food is safe and what it says it is.
The Agency employs approximately 1,600 staff across a diverse range of professions and specialisms, including policy, science, digital, operational delivery, veterinary and inspection functions. Delivery of the Agency's strategic objectives depends upon attracting, developing, motivating and retaining a highly skilled, engaged and sustainable workforce.
The Agency has recently completed a Strategic Workforce Planning exercise which identified future workforce requirements, critical capability needs, workforce risks and opportunities over the short, medium and longer term. The Agency now wishes to commission specialist support to develop a comprehensive Pay and Reward Strategy that aligns with workforce planning outcomes and supports future organisational priorities.
The resulting strategy should support workforce sustainability, organisational performance and employee engagement, whilst recognising the operating constraints of the Civil Service pay framework and the need to demonstrate value for money.
Budget: ********The Authority's estimated budget for this requirement is £45,000 (exclusive of VAT). This figure is provided for guidance purposes only and does not represent a maximum or minimum contract value. Tenders submitted above or below the estimated budget will not be automatically excluded and will be considered as part of the evaluation process. Tenderers must provide a clear and proportionate justification for their proposed costs, demonstrating how they represent value for money and support delivery of the requirements set out in the Specification.********
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services · Business and management consultancy services · Development consultancy services · General management consultancy services · General personnel services for the government · Human resources management consultancy services · Research consultancy services · Staff development services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£45,000
- Condition of participation
See the Specification and Tender Documents for full details. The technical evaluation criteria are divided into a number of sections and sub-criteria which assess the bidder's technical capability, methodology, experience, resources, and delivery approach. See PSQ for financial and economic standing.
Suppliers must demonstrate the technical and professional ability necessary to deliver the contract. This includes relevant experience, suitably qualified personnel, appropriate facilities and analytical capabilities, and the capacity to undertake the research and laboratory activities described in the Specification. Full details of the technical requirements and evaluation criteria are set out in the procurement documents.
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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).
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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: 80%
- Commercial: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: See the Specification and Tender Documents for full details. The technical evaluation criteria are divided into a number of sections and sub-criteria which assess the bidder's technical capability, methodology, experience, resources, and delivery approach.
- Commercial: See the Specification and Tender Documents for full details. The Commercial evaluation criteria are divided into five sub-sections and will assess the bidder's pricing proposal and overall value for money in accordance with the published evaluation methodology.
- Condition of participation
See the Specification and Tender Documents for full details. The technical evaluation criteria are divided into a number of sections and sub-criteria which assess the bidder's technical capability, methodology, experience, resources, and delivery approach. See PSQ for financial and economic standing.
Suppliers must demonstrate the technical and professional ability necessary to deliver the contract. This includes relevant experience, suitably qualified personnel, appropriate facilities and analytical capabilities, and the capacity to undertake the research and laboratory activities described in the Specification. Full details of the technical requirements and evaluation criteria are set out in the procurement documents.
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £90,000 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How The Food Standards Agency buys Business and management consultancy services (CPV 7941), and who usually turns up
The Food Standards Agency’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Business and management consultancy services (CPV 7941) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Yorkshire and the Humber (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 31 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid52% / 22%
2–329% / 17%
4–614% / 28%
7+5% / 33%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate54% / 38%
Within ±2%29% / 50%
Above estimate17% / 13%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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Lot #1CPV 7513Published estimate£45k
This lot is listed as CPV 7513. The table above uses the notice category.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 39 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid10%
2–326%
4–615%
7+49%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder appears in live search, the Retender Radar, contract pages, organisation counts and the buyer's decision figure; the other analytical figures are built from Find a Tender notices.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Nov 2026, 15:17 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Nov 2026, 15:17 GMT
- Authority reference
C487712- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106333- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b7d2Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 7 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
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 ↗
Timeline
9 Nov 2026 → 11 Jan 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice publishedjust passed9 Nov 2026, 15:17 GMT
- Today9 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 13 days23 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 27 days7 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 62 days11 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published9 Nov 2026, 15:17 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender