Published date: 27 August 2019

This notice was replaced on 28 February 2020

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Awarded contract (published 28 February 2020)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_203320/794503

Published date

27 August 2019

Closing date

30 September 2019

Contract start date

2 December 2019

Contract end date

1 December 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Tenders are invited to carry out a laboratory-based study to develop an optimised method which can be used to extract and detect HEV in wide range of pork meat including offal and pork products.

Overview

We would like to commission laboratory-based research project that would optimise the extraction and detection of HEV from raw (fresh and frozen) pork meat and offal and pork products (e.g. sausages) as there is no standardised method available. It is anticipated that that this work will allow us in the future to carry out a survey to quantify the presence of HEV in raw, fresh and frozen pork meat (whole muscle cuts) and offal and pork products (e.g. sausages, ham, etc) on UK retail sale.

About the buyer

Address

Foss House, Peasholme Green
York
YO1 7PR
England

Email

fsa.procurement@food.gov.uk