Published date: 27 January 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 3 January 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£119,000

Procurement reference

tender_297323/1036604

Published date

27 January 2022

Closing date

3 January 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

17 January 2022

Contract end date

30 June 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Open Recruitment

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

As part of a major cross-government consortium, the FSA will be leading a new Shared Outcomes Fund (SOF) project, called PATH-SAFE (Pathogen Surveillance in Food, Agriculture and the Environment), which aims to harness the power of genomic technology to identify and track foodborne pathogens and antimicrobial resistant organisms through the agrifood system and environment. This programme will build accessible datasets on AMR and antimicrobials in the environment, and a national database to enable 'user-friendly' analysis, storage and sharing of pathogen whole-genome data and associated metadata. It will also explore the development of novel remote sampling and diagnostic approaches, and their applicability for microbial surveillance. Through this programme, we are bringing together partners from academia, government and industry to produce a world-leading pathogen surveillance system. We are looking for a talented scientist, in the field of microbial genomics and/or bioinformatics (or related disciplines) to lead on the scientific delivery of this programme.

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Award information

Awarded date

14 January 2022

Contract start date

17 January 2022

Contract end date

30 June 2024

Total value of contract

£119,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Fera Science Ltd

Address

York Biotech Campus Sand Hutton York North Yorkshire YO41 1LZ

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Foss House, Peasholme Green
York
YO1 7PR
England

Email

fsa.procurement@food.gov.uk