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title: "Natural Toxins Testing for Northern Ireland"
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# Natural Toxins Testing for Northern Ireland

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/natural-toxins-testing-for-northern-ireland-ocds-h6vhtk-045a48). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Food Standards Agency: "Natural Toxins Testing for Northern Ireland". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 2 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST. 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:** 2 July 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **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:** £44,612 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-045a48`

## 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/natural-toxins-testing-for-northern-ireland-ocds-h6vhtk-045a48#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/natural-toxins-testing-for-northern-ireland-ocds-h6vhtk-045a48#participate

## Description
This project was to procure National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) for Northern Ireland <br/>(NI). Contracts will be delivered over four years from 1st April 2025 until 31st March <br/>2029, with an optional extension for a further 2 years until 31st March 2031.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: 2. Lot 1 NRL for Monitoring Marine Biotoxins in live Bivalve Molluscs
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £1

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2025 to 31/03/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: 3. Lot 2 NRL for Mycotoxins and Plant Toxins in Feed and Food
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £1

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2025 to 31/03/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 003368-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Wageningen Food Safety Research**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-157196`
  - Value: £44,612 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 003368-2025-2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Wageningen Food Safety Research**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-157196`
  - Value: £44,612 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 003368-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £44,612
  - Signed Date: 09/01/2025

- **Contract:** 003368-2025-2 (active)
  - Signed Value: £44,612
  - 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%2F003368-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-31T16:33:27.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T10:49:37.726Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-045a48