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title: "Long term impact of PFAS on food safety and regulation"
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# Long term impact of PFAS on food safety and regulation

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/long-term-impact-of-pfas-on-food-safety-and-regulation-ocds-h6vhtk-05a426). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Food Standards Agency: "Long term impact of PFAS on food safety and regulation". Published status: complete. Published Value: £45,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT. 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:** £45,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 October 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Market research services, Research and development consultancy services, Research and development services and related consultancy services, Research services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £43,450 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/long-term-impact-of-pfas-on-food-safety-and-regulation-ocds-h6vhtk-05a426#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05a426`

## 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/long-term-impact-of-pfas-on-food-safety-and-regulation-ocds-h6vhtk-05a426#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/long-term-impact-of-pfas-on-food-safety-and-regulation-ocds-h6vhtk-05a426#participate

## Description
An assessment of potential impacts of the presence of PFAS or ‘forever chemicals’ in the overall environment for food safety and the UK food system over the next 10 years.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73000000, 73110000, 73200000, 79310000

- **Estimated Value:** £45,000

- **Contract Period:** 01/12/2025 to 31/03/2026

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

  - Supplier(s): **Ricardo Energy & Environment**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-50070`
  - Value: £43,450 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Long-term impact of PFAS on food safety and regulation (active)
  - Signed Value: £43,450
  - Signed Date: 30/11/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F060553-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-12-01T08:45:42.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T07:13:04.227Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05a426