Published date: 8 March 2016

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


Closing: 1 January 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Gelatines - 24911000

  • Environmental services - 90700000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£58,766

Procurement reference

FA0163

Published date

8 March 2016

Closing date

1 January 2016

Contract start date

1 February 2016

Contract end date

30 April 2016

Contract type

Service contract

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The proposed work builds on successful cutting edge method development work previously commissioned by Defra at FERA in response to the 2013 Horsemeat Incident. This work developed methods to determine the species origin of gelatine and also to detect meat species in highly processed foodstuffs. This new project will scope up the further development and validation work required to ensure these methods are fit for purpose to check for food mis-labelling; to verify food law enforcement (in a court of law) and for industry use to detect food fraud.

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Award information

Awarded date

1 February 2016

Contract start date

1 February 2016

Contract end date

30 April 2016

Total value of contract

£58,766

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Fera Science Ltd

Address

Sand Hutton, York, North Yorkshire, YO41 1LZ
UNITED KINGDOM

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

DEFRA
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Email

Network.Procurement@defra.gsi.gov.uk