Published date: 19 June 2024

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


Closing: 26 April 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

YO1 7PR

Value of contract

£0 to £59,998.24

Procurement reference

CF-2406800D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

19 June 2024

Closing date

26 April 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 June 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Not applicable

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Food Safety Act 1990 requires LAs to appoint PAs for chemical and compositional food sampling in a legal context and provide a CoA which is admissible as evidence in criminal proceedings. The MChemA qualification needed to become a PA is rightly challenging to achieve as it ensures extensive knowledge in chemical analysis and competence in providing an expert legal opinion on the quality, safety and probity of food.
A lack of PAs means that analyses that require the PA to undertake the test themselves, due to requiring specialised training, will have a very limited capacity. Moreover, PA OLs who lose their PA due to retirement, or fail to appoint one, will lose their ability to test samples under the Food Safety Act 1990 leading to an inability for them to take enforcement action.
Funding the training and continued professional development (CPD) of PAs and providing funding to backfill desk analyst roles in the laboratory could improve capacity and capability in PA OLs as outlined in the FSA Board Paper 2022. Providing such a succession plan will guarantee the future of the PA profession and the PA OL system.

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Award information

Awarded date

14 May 2024

Contract start date

1 June 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Total value of contract

£59,998.24

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

LGC Limited

Address

Queens Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW110LY

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

FSA Commercial

Address

Food Standards Agency
York
YO1 7PR
United Kingdom

Email

fsa.commercial@food.gov.uk