Public sector buyers · United Kingdom
Public sector tenders and awarded contracts from Food Standards Agency, tracked by Skim across every UK and EU procurement portal.
- Live opportunities
- 4
- Awarded contracts
- 49
- Total awarded value
- £12,080,324
- Country
- United Kingdom
Procurement pipeline
53 published notices
- Live
- 48%
- Awarded
- 4992%
Find the key decision makers
The people who scope, score and sign contracts at Food Standards Agency — names, roles and how to reach them.
Filtering the 5 tenders on this page. 4 live and 49 awarded in total.
Equipment / Furniture required as a workplace adjustment
Won by Back Care Solutions Limited
Awarded 2 December 2025
High geochemical lead survey
Won by Fera Science Ltd
Awarded 12 November 2025
Survey of E. coli, Campylobacter, Salmonella & AMR on frozen chicken
Won by Animal and Plant Health Agency
Awarded 29 September 2025
Utilising in silico, in vitro and ‘omics New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) for priority-setting and safety assessment of tropane alkaloids (TAs) and other plant toxins as potential food contaminants. A case study for progressing the acceptance of NAMs for
Won by University of Birmingham
Awarded 24 August 2025
Supply of Co-ordination of transportation of FSA OC 2025
Won by Eurofins Food Testing Ireland Ltd
Awarded 4 June 2025
Procurement profile
What Food Standards Agency has awarded over the last five years, from 69 award notices.
Awarded value each year
In GBP, from awards with a published value
2022
0 awards
2023
0 awards
2024
0 awards
2025
25 awards
2026*
44 awards
Awards per year under each year. *2026 to date
Key figures
- Median contract value
- £99,644
- Last 3 years
- Typical contract length
- 11 months
- Median, last 3 years
- Suppliers used
- 48
- Last 3 years
- Awards to SMEs
- 12%
- As declared in notices
- Median bids
- 2
- Open and restricted tenders; 36% had one bid
Top suppliers
By awarded value, last 3 years, framework panels excluded
- Fera Science Limited£2.9m
9 awards · 20.6% of value
- University of Liverpool£1.3m
2 awards · 9.6% of value
- IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTD£1.3m
2 awards · 8.9% of value
- University of Birmingham£1.2m
2 awards · 8.2% of value
- University of Oxford£967k
1 award · 6.9% of value
- Animal and Plant Health Agency£530k
1 award · 3.8% of value
- OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED£450k
1 award · 3.2% of value
- Basis Social Limited£447k
7 awards · 3.2% of value
What they buy
Awards by CPV division, last 3 years
- Research and development services and related consultancy services58
- Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security23
- IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support5
- Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services5
- Education and training services3
- Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)1
How they buy
Procedure behind each award, last 3 years
- Open procedure43%
- Direct award41%
- Framework call-off13%
- Limited competition3%
When they award
Awards by calendar month, last 3 years. Busiest: October
| January | 2 |
|---|---|
| February | 0 |
| March | 3 |
| April | 6 |
| May | 6 |
| June | 7 |
| July | 5 |
| August | 8 |
| September | 9 |
| October | 12 |
| November | 8 |
| December | 3 |
Contracts ending in the next 12 months
26 contracts, worth £2,832,452
Soonest first, by recorded end date, not counting extension options
- WP3:Provision of Allergen Information Evaluation: Stakeholder follow-up research
Ends 30 November 2026 · held by The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited · £40k
- Provision of Allergen Information Evaluation: Consumer follow up survey
Ends 31 December 2026 · held by Ipsos (market research) Limited · £55k
- Literature Review: Allergenicity of cell cultivated products
Ends 15 January 2027 · held by Fera Science Ltd · £40k
23 more contracts end by November 2027
Incumbent, value and end date for every contract Food Standards Agency has ending, with an alert when it starts re-procuring.
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