Published date: 28 February 2019

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


Closing: 5 November 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£6,500

Procurement reference

tender_179238/749834

Published date

28 February 2019

Closing date

5 November 2018

Contract start date

15 November 2018

Contract end date

15 May 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: R&D direct award

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

After the horsemeat incident, Prof Chris Elliott's Review recommended (No 4) "a resilient network of food analytical laboratories capable of testing consistently for food authenticity in the future". Defra's response was to seek a view from the Authenticity Methods Working Group (AMWG), which recommended that Defra "facilitate the development of guidance on surveillance programmes to inform national sampling programmes." This project aims to produce this guidance.
Formal sampling for local authority prosecutions is subject to certain conditions laid down in the Food Safety Act in term of the number of samples taken. This guidance will focus on the considerations needed when deciding what an informal survey is trying to achieve in terms of covering the commercial market i.e. is it targeted or representative of the market. It will also examine which considerations must be taken into account about the method used to analyse the sample i.e. how robust is it, and what is the uncertainty around the result. These same considerations can be used by local authorities and public analysts if an investigation into the size of an authenticity issue such as misdescription or mislabelling needs to be undertaken.

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Award information

Awarded date

5 November 2018

Contract start date

15 November 2018

Contract end date

15 May 2019

Total value of contract

£6,500

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Royal Society of Chemistry

Address

London, W1J 0BA

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Defra Group Commercial

Address

17 Nobel House
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Email

Network.Procurement@defra.gsi.gov.uk