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title: "National Reference Laboratory for Feed and Food Additives"
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# National Reference Laboratory for Feed and Food Additives

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-reference-laboratory-for-feed-and-food-additives-ocds-h6vhtk-046d98). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Food Standards Agency: "National Reference Laboratory for Feed and Food Additives". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Jul 2024. 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:** £1 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 July 2024 at 01:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research and development services and related consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £382,503 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-046d98`

## 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/national-reference-laboratory-for-feed-and-food-additives-ocds-h6vhtk-046d98#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/national-reference-laboratory-for-feed-and-food-additives-ocds-h6vhtk-046d98#participate

## Description
The appointed laboratory will carry out the provision of services for the UK NRL for feed and food additives. The contract will be delivered over four years, starting 1st April 2025, to end 31st March 2029. There will be an optional 2-year extension that can be enacted by variation.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £1
- **Description:** The FSA and FSS are responsible for Official Feed and Food Controls across the UK. The UK has a legal obligation to appoint NRLs for feed and food safety. NRLs provide advice and support to food, feed, and food contact materials enforcement laborator...
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2025 to 31/03/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 003391-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Fera Science Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-170793`
  - Value: £382,503 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 003391-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £382,503
  - Signed Date: 09/01/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003391-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-31T20:46:50.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T13:54:59.839Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-046d98