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Published 6 Aug 2025, 16:26 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Lough Neagh Sampling Plan - 2025-2026 (WFSR)

Official notice

Authority: The Food Standards Agency (Central government)

Below threshold - without competition
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Awarded 30 Jun 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Wageningen Food Safety Research

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The contract is for the supply of Fish Testing and Reporting services to the Food Standards Agency. The successful supplier is Wageningen Food Safety Research.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is currently undertaking a critical fish sampling and testing programme focused on cyanotoxins in fish harvested from Lough Neagh. This follows findings from the 2024/25 programme, which identified the presence of microcystins in fish flesh and anatoxins in viscera, both of which pose risks to human and animal health.

Testing conducted by Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR) for:

  • Microcystins/Nodularin
  • Anatoxins/Cylindrospermopsins
  • Saxitoxins

Please Note : The date recorded as the signed date in this UK 7 notice is incorrect. The correct signed date is 08/08/2025

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
71900000 Laboratory services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
6 Aug 2025, 16:26 BST
Last source update
6 Aug 2025, 16:26 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-046669
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0582d2 Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Contract details notice published
    6 Aug 2025, 16:26 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Contracts signed 1latest 30 Jun 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Wageningen Food Safety Research€169,414 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Lough Neagh Sampling Plan - 2025-2026 (WFSR) · Wageningen Food Safety Research

    Signed
    30 Jun 2025
    Value
    €169,414
    Period
    1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jul 2026
    Status
    active

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 (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

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