Published date: 7 September 2017

Last edited date: 7 September 2017

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Approach to market date: 9 October 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Research and experimental development services - 73100000

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

    • Design and execution of research and development - 73300000

Location of contract

YO1 7PR

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_153625/617853

Published date

7 September 2017

Approach to market date

9 October 2017

Contract start date

17 November 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2019

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Development of Quality Control Materials for Food Allergen Analysis - The outcomes from this work will support the FSA's strategic aims of Food is Safe and Food is What it Says It Is. They will also support delivery of the agency's Regulating Our Future and Surveillance priorities, as the research outcomes will help the FSA to improve its regulatory activity regarding allergens.

This research project will help to ensure that any revisions to the FSA's policy on food allergy, and advice to food-allergic individuals, will be based on the best possible evidence as a data-driven organisation. This will better enable protection of this vulnerable group of consumers, allowing them to make well-informed and safe food choices.

The work commissioned here seeks to develop quality control and/or reference materials for food allergen analysis. The outcome of this work should underpin work on allergen management thresholds used to inform enforcement and precautionary allergen labelling decisions for the unintentional presence of allergens in food. The objectives of this specification are to define the specific need for quality control/reference material, commission research to address those needs and develop suitable materials for use by the analytical community.

More information

Links

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The full tender documents can be obtained via our e-Procurement site at https://food.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html.
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About the buyer

Contact name

FSA Procurement

Address

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

Email

fsa.procurement@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk