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Food Standards Agency
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Total contracts
84
Known spend
£22m
81 disclosed
Average value
£275,405
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
Fera Science Limited
15 winslatest 08 Jul 2026£4m
- 2
The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited
5 winslatest 25 Sept 2026£337,340
- 3
LGC Limited
3 winslatest 29 Apr 2026£841,061
- 4
University of Birmingham
2 winslatest 04 Jun 2026£1m
- 5
I.F.F RESEARCH LIMITED
2 winslatest 29 Jul 2026£514,818
- 6
Camrosh Limited
2 winslatest 14 May 2026£360,336
- 7
Hallmark Meat Hygiene
£312,126
- 8
Chartered Trading Standards Institute
2 winslatest 10 Jul 2026£188,895
- 9
NUMERATOR UK LIMITED
2 winslatest 20 Mar 2026£173,921
- 10
Greenwater
2 winslatest 06 Aug 2025£140,000
What they buy
By CPV categoryR&D servicesCPV 73
10 contracts · £6m
Community & personal servicesCPV 98
1 contract · £1m
Architectural & engineeringCPV 71
1 contract · £534,939
Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (84)
Additional analytical methods for NDNS biomonitoring
Tenders were invited to undertake a research project to identify suitable biomarkers of priority (groups of) Chemical Contaminants (Lot 1) and Food Additives (Lot 2), Metals (Lot 3
Metagenomic profiling of gut microbiome IID3: new perspectives infectious intestinal disease
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is an independent Government department working across England, Wales and Northern Ireland to protect public health and consumers wider interest in
WP5 social science - the future of food regulation
Calling off from C425727 Research: Social Science Call-Off. The Food Standards Agency (FSA)'s Future Food Regulation (FFR) programme aims to deliver a regulatory system that is eff
EU harmonised surveillance of AMR E. coli and salmonella found in beef and pork
The objective of microbiological food safety research themes is to provide robust information on the presence, growth, survival, and elimination of pathogenic microorganisms throug
Determination of levels of PFAS in (+ migrating from) food contact materials FCM
This research project aims to develop analytical capabilities for measuring PFAS and to generate risk-assessment-ready data on PFAS occurrence in food packaging and other FCMs and
Effectiveness of interventions taken by UK slaughterhouses and cutting plants in response to unsatisfactory process hygiene criteria (PHC) results
Development of handbook of corrective actions in the event of process hygiene failure in slaughterhouses - The FSA would like to commission a study to assess the effectiveness of i
External support - future of food regulation programme
This contract is for a consultancy firm to provide external strategic and policy support for the UK government's Future of Food Regulation Programme, using the GCA RM6309 Management Consultancy Framework (Lot 2 – Strategy and Policy).
EU harmonised surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) E. coli and salmonella found in fresh beef and pork meat on retail sale in the UK in 2027
The objective of microbiological food safety research themes is to provide robust information on the presence, growth, survival, and elimination of pathogenic microorganisms throug
Coding NDNS consumption data into efsa’s food classification+description -foodex
As part of the FSA’s commitment to ensure food is safe and is what it says it is, the FSA undertakes food safety risk assessments which underpin these decisions in line with the in
Path-safe genomic data platform - strategy strand
This requirement is for a 24-month project to work with relevant government end user agencies to conduct further R&D across three workstreams (technical, governance, and strategy)
Path-safe genomic data platform - technical strand
This requirement is for a 24-month project to work with relevant government end user agencies to conduct further R&D across three workstreams (technical, governance, and strategy)
Environmental surveillance: OSMA and OSD
The FSA has awarded a contract for delivery of a research and evidence project to strengthen the FSA’s environmental surveillance capability for foodborne disease (FBD) and antimic
Linking phenotypes to WGS from foodborne bacterial pathogens
This requirement is a three-year research project of phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) on a subset of foodborne bacterial isolates undergoing WGS.
Source attribution studies to understand transmission pathways and AMR origins
FSA are looking to appoint a supplier to deliver a research project to undertake whole genome sequencing enabled source attribution analysis of infectious intestinal disease (IID),
WP4 social science - communicating changes to precautionary allergen labelling
Calling off from C425727 Research: Social Science Call-Off. The FSA has a duty to inform consumers of changes that may influence food safety risk (regulatory or otherwise). The FSA
Health mark provision for approved establishments in england and wales
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is seeking a supplier to manufacture and supply health mark stamps for approved meat establishments across England and Wales. The contract includes
Food and you 2: waves 13-16
In order to protect consumers, we need to understand their attitudes, knowledge and behaviour in relation to food. The Agency’s main source of methodologically robust and represent
4-Year fellowship - endpoint toxicity for a mixture of chemicals
This research project being tendered links to the FSA Strategy 2022-2027. This strategy is based around the FSA’s mission, food you can trust, alongside three key pillars: food is
Audit of the display of food hygiene ratings and associated business attitudes
Variation to Contract. The Authority requires additional services to undertake a targeted audit of 700 lower-rated food businesses (FHRS rating below 3) across England, Wales and N
WP3:PRovision of allergen information evaluation: stakeholder follow-up research
Calling off from C425727 Research: Social Science Call-Off. Targeted stakeholder research to inform and validate findings related to allergen information guidance, supporting evide