Published date: 20 September 2024

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


Closing: 6 September 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis - 71241000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£60,000

Procurement reference

CF-0370000D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

20 September 2024

Closing date

6 September 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

9 September 2024

Contract end date

15 January 2025

Contract type

Service contract

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?

No

Description

Background:
The Pathogen Surveillance in Agriculture, Food and the Environment (PATH-SAFE)
programme is a UK Government Shared Outcomes Fund (SOF) research programme
which aims to develop a national surveillance network, using the latest DNA-sequencing
technology and environmental sampling to improve the detection and tracking of
foodborne human pathogens and antimicrobial resistant microbes, through the whole
agri-food system from farm-to-fork. The first phase of the PATH-SAFE programme
ended on 31st March 2024. Further funding was secured for one year from 1st April 2024
to 31st March 2025.
As part of recent PATH-SAFE work, led by Cefas, Foods Standards Scotland and the
Environment Agency, a range of cutting-edge methods to screen shellfish for a wide
repertoire of contaminants were developed. This project builds on the successes of the
previous component of PATH-SAFE work, to help develop the next generation of
environmental monitoring approaches for routine use. The outputs from this project will
provide essential baseline data on the presence of antimicrobial resistance in this food
commodity across the UK.
Requirement:
Cefas require a rapid bacterial detection technology in live bivalve shellfish to provide
qualitative data, to correlate with microbiological culture and eDNA data for the
assessment of water quality.

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Award information

Awarded date

4 September 2024

Contract start date

9 September 2024

Contract end date

15 January 2025

Total value of contract

£60,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Molendotech Ltd

Address

Brixham Laboratory,
Freshwater Quarry,
Brixham, TQ5 8BA

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Jade Peek

Address

Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
GB

Email

procure@cefas.co.uk