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title: "WP5 Social Science - The future of food regulation"
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# WP5 Social Science - The future of food regulation

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wp5-social-science-the-future-of-food-regulation-ocds-h6vhtk-077a62). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Food Standards Agency: "WP5 Social Science - The future of food regulation". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Food Standards Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/food-standards-agency-GB-PPON-PJRM-6866-LYYX)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £49,998 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wp5-social-science-the-future-of-food-regulation-ocds-h6vhtk-077a62#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-077a62`

## 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/wp5-social-science-the-future-of-food-regulation-ocds-h6vhtk-077a62#tl-md)

## Description
Calling off from C425727 Research: Social Science Call-Off.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA)'s Future Food Regulation (FFR) programme aims to deliver a regulatory system that is effective, sustainable and trusted, ensuring food is safe and is what it says it is. The programme aims to establish a national approach to regulating large food retailers, rather than at a local level. Alongside this, the programme aims to implement improvements at the Local Regulation and Online Regulation level, as well as enhance and ensure food business Registration, Enforcement and the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) works alongside regulatory changes. A central Guidance hub is also being developed. A programme and workstream-level Theory of Change (ToC) has consequently been developed, which articulates the problems the programme seeks to address and the outcomes it intends to achieve. 
Following ToC development, the FSA now requires a comprehensive evidence review to establish a clear and defensible rationale for intervention across the programme. This should systematically evidence programme-level and workstream-level problem statements and identify any evidence gaps. Then identify relevant market, behavioural, regulatory and government failures, to assess whether government (FSA) intervention is justified. The outputs will directly support policy development, economic appraisal, stakeholder engagement, and future business case development.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73000000, 73110000, 73210000

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

  - Supplier(s): **The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PDGM-3194-LVZD`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Work Package 5- Developing the evidence base for the Future of Food Regulation Programme's rationale for intervention (active)
  - Signed Value: £49,998
  - Signed Date: 17/09/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F090930-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-25T10:50:11.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-14T07:32:37.728Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-077a62