Published date: 29 November 2019
This notice was replaced on 6 December 2019
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Contract summary
Industry
Research services - 73110000
Experimental development services - 73120000
Design and execution of research and development - 73300000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£0
Procurement reference
tender_225404/816214
Published date
29 November 2019
Approach to market date
6 December 2019
Contract start date
14 February 2020
Contract end date
31 March 2020
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Around half (by value) of all food consumed in the UK is imported. The FSA intends to carry out sampling, analysis and reporting of imported food products across the UK to help identify emerging food safety risks from imported foods. Tenders will be invited to carry out food commodity sampling, transportation of commodities to labs and physical analysis tests of specific imported food. The timeline for completion of this service is 31st March 2020. The work is expected to start February 2020 and the tender will be issued in early December 2020.
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