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Published 3 Jun 2025, 13:53 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Food System Strategic Assessment 2025

Official notice

Authority: The Food Standards Agency (Central government)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£100,000£120,000 inc. VAT7.9% below published estimate
Submissions closed 1 Jul 2025awarded 27 Aug 2025
Awarded to Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd.
Contract term 8 moends 31 Mar 2026 · up to 30 Jun 2026 with extensions · starts 15 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Tenders are invited to carry out an assessment of the potential changes in the UK food system change and their impact on the regulatory system and the FSA’s areas of interest over the next 10 years.

The outputs will inform future policy, operational and research planning in the upcoming strategic

period. The last strategic assessment was completed in 2023. It highlighted developments

impacting the UK food system, including their potential timescale for substantial impact, and the

opportunities and challenges that each presented for the FSA.

We refresh this assessment comprehensively every two years

PLEASE NOTE: Contract Start Date is 11th August 2025 not 28th August.

CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 8 moSMEVCSEPublished value£100,000
Contract period: 15 Aug 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 (8 mo) · up to 30 Jun 2026 with extensionsValue: £100,000 exc. VAT · £120,000 inc. VAT
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Optional 3 month extension.
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1
  • Condition of participation

    See PSQ in Atamis

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored

Lot awarding rule: Technical - 80% Commercial - 20% Full award criteria in specification

Conditions of participation1
  • Condition of participation

    See PSQ in Atamis

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
Awarded
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
3 Jun 2025, 13:53 BST
Last source update
1 Sept 2025, 16:50 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-029510
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052b85 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated
Submission deadline
1 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
17 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

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

3 Jun 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    3 Jun 2025, 13:53 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    17 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    1 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    15 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Latest notice published
    1 Sept 2025, 16:50 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Jun 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    3 Jun 2025, 13:53 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract details notice published
    1 Sept 2025, 16:50 BST
    UK7
  3. Status changed to complete
    1 Sept 2025, 16:50 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £92,0701 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Aug 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd.£92,070 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Food System Strategic Assessment 2025 · Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd.

    Signed
    27 Aug 2025
    Value
    £92,070
    Period
    28 Aug 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 · up to 30 Jun 2026 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    The Buyer may extend the Contract for a period of up to 3 Months by giving not less than 10 Working Days' notice in writing to the Supplier prior to the Expiry Date. The Conditions of the Contract shall apply throughout any such extended period

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Food Standards Agency

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PJRM-6866-LYYX YO1 7PR, York, Yorkshire & Humber, YO1 7PRContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender