Official UK procurement notice
Health Mark Provision for approved establishments in England and Wales
Authority: The Food Standards Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Food Standards Agency (FSA) is seeking a supplier to manufacture and supply health mark stamps for approved meat establishments across England and Wales. The contract includes the bulk replacement of approximately 580 health mark stamps to meet new regulatory requirements, the routine and emergency production of replacement stamps, and the provision of bespoke disease and identification stamps as required. The supplier must provide manufacturing, engraving, dispatch, stock management, and reporting services, with strict delivery timescales and quality standards. The initial contract term is three years, with an option to extend for up to a further two years.
CPV: Rubber stamps · Stamps · Veterinary services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£92,125
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 (2)
- Technical: 60%
- Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: See Specification for more details. The technical criteria is broken down into 6 sections.
- Commercial: See specification for more details. The Commercial section is split into 2 sub-sections.
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 7 Aug 2026, 11:48 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Aug 2026, 11:48 BST
- Authority reference
C462577- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-075228- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06def2Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- 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 ↗
Suppliers will be required to make a sample stamp as per the designation in 2.1 (please see specification) to be submitted to Gemma Beadnell, FSA, Foss House, Peasholme Green, York, YO1 7PR by the close of the tender to allow the quality of the stamp to be evaluated.
Timeline
7 Aug 2026 → 26 Oct 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published80 days ago7 Aug 2026, 11:48 BST
- Clarification questions by73 days ago14 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline45 days ago11 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract startsearlier today26 Oct 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published7 Aug 2026, 11:48 BSTUK4
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