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Published 18 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Inter-laboratory collaborative trial of real-time PCR method for the relative quantification of horse and pork DNA in raw and processed beef

Official notice

Authority: The Food Standards Agency (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£94,854published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 19 Nov 2021awarded 28 Jan 2022
Awarded to Fera Science Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Applicants were invited to submit tenders to plan a full-scale inter-laboratory collaborative trial on the methods that were developed under Defra project FA0171 on the quantitation of horse DNA in processed beef and pork DNA in raw and processed beef. The draft SOPs for the methods can be found on Bravo.

The proposed collaborative studies should follow the principals of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) (IUPAC protocol on design, conduct and interpretation of collaborative studies)3 and the European Network of GMO laboratories (ENGL) (Definition of minimum performance requirements for analytical methods of GMO testing).

CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK
Variant bids: not allowed

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
  • Price

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £94,8541 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Jan 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Fera Science LtdFS430818 Inter-laboratory trial of real-time PCR method for the relative quantification of horse and pork DNA in raw and processed beef£94,854 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • FS430818 Inter-laboratory trial of real-time PCR method for the relative quantification of horse and pork DNA in raw and processed beef · Fera Science Ltd

    Signed
    28 Jan 2022
    Value
    £94,854
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids———

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
18 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
Last source update
1 Feb 2022, 22:45 GMT
Award evaluation window
19 Nov 2021 – …
Authority reference
FS430818
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-002910
Classification (CPV)
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

Official notice
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Submission deadline
19 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
19 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

19 Nov 2021 → 1 Feb 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    19 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    19 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    1 Feb 2022, 22:45 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    1 Feb 2022, 22:45 GMT

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Food Standards Agency

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services Foss House, Peasholme Green, York, UK, YO1 7PRContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • FSAReview body York

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.