Published date: 19 August 2015

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 29 September 2015

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

FS409014

Published date

19 August 2015

Closing date

29 September 2015

Contract start date

2 November 2015

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Food Standards Agency is an independent government department responsible for food safety and hygiene in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
As part of its responsibility to protect consumers, the Agency aims to better understand the behaviour, attitudes and knowledge of consumers in relation to food and food safety. As part of this aim, the FSA commissions Food and You, a random probability survey of households across the UK that has been run biennially since the first wave in 2010, with waves two and three completed in 2012 and 2014.
The Agency is now looking to commission fieldwork and reporting for a further three waves of the survey, to continue building a robust time series of information for analysis against a baseline from previous waves. This will enable the Agency to capture changes over time and provide an evidence base against which the Agency can monitor delivery of its Strategy and develop specific policy initiatives. The survey will form an important element in 'Gathering and using science, evidence and information', which is a key activity in the FSA's new Strategic Plan 2015-2020, and will deliver cross-cutting evidence to help the Agency in working towards a range of strategic outcomes.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

The specification, related annexes and response templates are available at the FSA e-tendering portal as detailed below:

This procurement will be managed electronically via the Food Standards Agency e-tendering portal. To participate in this procurement, participants must first be registered on the electronic Public Procurement System (ePPS). If you have not yet registered on ePPS, this can be done online at https://fsa-esourcing.eurodyn.com/epps/home.do
Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found on the front screen and in the 'Help' tab at the top of the web page.

About the buyer

Address

Foss House, Peasholme Green, York
York
YO1 7PR
England

Email

FSA.Procurement@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk