Official UK procurement notice
Survey on contaminants in smoked products
Authority: The Food Standards Agency (Central government)
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£245,000£294,000 inc. VAT9.1% below final estimate
Submissions closed 1 Jul 2025awarded 5 Aug 2025
Awarded to Fera Science Ltd2 awards
Contract term 8 moends 31 Mar 2026 · up to 30 Jun 2026 with extensions · starts 1 Aug 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe FSA have awarded a contract to deliver an analytical survey across a wide range of products including traditionally smoked foods (e.g., fish and meat), smoked ingredients (e.g., salt, water, sugar, herbs and spices) and smoking alternatives.
- No preliminary market engagement: No prior market engagement was conducted due to an already defined scope for this procurement
CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£245,000
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 (3)
- Technical: 70%
- Commercial: 20%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical: 70%
- Commercial: 20%
- Social Value: 10%
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. 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
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 May 2025, 14:52 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Jun 2026, 08:54 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 31 Jul 2025
- Authority reference
C365048- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-028157- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052815Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
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- Submission deadline
- 1 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 17 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Tenders for FSA funded projects must be submitted through the health-family single e-Commercial System (Atamis), using the following link: health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
Timeline
28 May 2025 → 1 Jun 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published28 May 2025, 14:52 BST
- Clarification questions by17 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline1 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by31 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent5 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends14 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published148 days ago1 Jun 2026, 08:54 BST
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 May 2025- Tender notice published28 May 2025, 14:52 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published5 Aug 2025, 16:24 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete5 Aug 2025, 16:24 BST
- Contract signature expected15 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published4 Dec 2025, 12:26 GMTUK7
- Contract termination notice published1 Jun 2026, 08:54 BSTUK11
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 28 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £222,6301 award exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 31 Aug 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fera Science Ltd18 Aug 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 | £222,630 | 5 Aug 2025standstill to 14 Aug 2025 | Standstill |
| Fera Science Ltd | £222,631 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
C385593 Survey on contaminants in smoked products · Fera Science Ltd
- Signed
- 31 Aug 2025
- Value
- £222,631
- Period
- 1 Sept 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
- Status
- terminated, The Contract has been completed and has reached it natural expiry date. No early termination actions were taken, and the contract ended in accordance with its agreed terms.
- Final value
- £222,630
- Termination
- contractCompleted
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Fera Science LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender