Official UK procurement notice
Monitoring of Contaminants in UK cereals used for processing food & animal feed
Authority: AHDB
Sectors: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services (77) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£1,087,500≈ £544k / year
Submissions closed 14 May 2025awarded 6 Aug 2025
Awarded to Fera Science Ltd
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Jul 2027 · starts 1 Aug 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMonitoring of Contaminants in UK cereals
CPV: Agricultural services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£1,087,500
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 90%
- Price: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 90
- Price: 10
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. 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
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 31 Mar 2025, 17:07 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Oct 2025, 11:19 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 14 May 2025 – …
- Authority reference
2024-741- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-067025- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fae3Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 14 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Timeline
14 May 2025 → 21 Oct 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline14 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened14 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published370 days ago21 Oct 2025, 11:19 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete21 Oct 2025, 11:19 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £435,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 6 Aug 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fera Science Ltd | £435,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 067025-2025-1 · Fera Science Ltd
- Signed
- 6 Aug 2025
- Value
- £435,000
- Period
- … – 31 Jul 2027
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Defra Network eTendering PortalReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Fera Science LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.