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title: "Scottish Authorities Food Enforcement Rebuild (SAFER) Food Business Social Research"
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# Scottish Authorities Food Enforcement Rebuild (SAFER) Food Business Social Research

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/scottish-authorities-food-enforcement-rebuild-safer-food-business-social-research-ocds-h6vhtk-0552cd). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Food Standards Scotland (FSS): "Scottish Authorities Food Enforcement Rebuild (SAFER) Food Business Social Research". Published status: complete. Published Value: £120,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 13 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Food Standards Scotland (FSS)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/food-standards-scotland-fss-GB-FTS-7929)
- **Published Value:** £120,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 13 August 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £111,745 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0552cd`

## 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/scottish-authorities-food-enforcement-rebuild-safer-food-business-social-research-ocds-h6vhtk-0552cd#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/scottish-authorities-food-enforcement-rebuild-safer-food-business-social-research-ocds-h6vhtk-0552cd#participate

## Description
FSS has a requirement for research to be conducted and evidence gathered from Food Business Operators to support both the development of the SAFER programme as well as FSS’s statutory business-as-usual responsibilities to support businesses to comply with food law.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73110000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Requirement for research to be conducted and evidence gathered from Food Business Operators to support both the development of the SAFER programme as well as FSS’s statutory business-as-usual responsibilities to support businesses to comply with food...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 059435-2025-CASE/792740-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **IFF Research Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-100629`
  - Value: £111,745 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 059435-2025-CASE/792740-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £111,745
  - Signed Date: 23/09/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F059435-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-09-24T15:59:48.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T15:00:15.607Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0552cd