Central government

Public sector contracts from Food Standards Agency

Food Standards Agency is a central government body that has published 171 contract awards since 2022.

12 of those were awarded in the last twelve months. Across the whole period it has used 90 different suppliers.

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12
Awards, last 12 months
171
Awards since 2021
90
Distinct suppliers
£98k
Median contract value
35
Expiring in 18 months

Most recent award recorded 16 Dec 2026. Value figures cover the 170 of 171 contracts where a value was published.

Coming up for renewal

35 contracts expiring in the next 18 months

Contract end dates are published in the original award notices. A contract approaching its end date is a re-tender with a date on it, and the point at which a buyer is most open to a conversation.

Overview

Its most active procurement category is research and development.

Fera Science Limited appears most frequently, holding 11 awards.

Published contract values total £464.5m, across the 170 contracts that state one, with a median of £98k. Framework ceilings are counted once rather than once per supplier.

35 contracts held with this organisation are due to expire within the next eighteen months.

Awards per quarter

Q1 2514Q2 257Q3 259Q4 251Q1 261Q2 261Q3 266Q4 262

Recent activity

Latest contract awards

ContractSupplierValueAwarded
Chemical Testing for Northern Ireland Lot 3Umweltbundesamt GmbH Organic analytics£156k16 Dec 2026
Chemical Testing for Northern Ireland Lot 3Umweltbundesamt GmbH Organic analytics£156k16 Dec 2026
External support - Future of Food Regulation ProgrammeIPSOS MORI UK LIMITED£139k9 Sept 2026
Methods of an analytical method for NDNS biomonitoring of mycotoxins (lot 1)University of Aberdeen£130k4 Sept 2026
EU harmonised surveillance of AMR E. coli and Salmonella found in beef and pork – Lot 2UK Health Security Agency£134k27 Aug 2026
Car HireENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR UK LIMITED£84k4 Aug 2026
Campaign PartnershipsFreud Communcations£180k13 Jul 2026
Campaign PartnershipsFreud Communcations£180k13 Jul 2026
Cloud Infrastructure ManagementMETHODS BUSINESS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED£814k30 Jun 2026
Office SuppliesACS TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD£520k24 Feb 2026
Health and Safety Management SystemEvotix£142k9 Dec 2025
Frontify Unified design ManagementFrontify AG£77k30 Sept 2025
Provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Approved FSA EstablishmentsArco Limited£1.9m10 Sept 2025
Mobile Voice and Data Services IIBRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY£140k2 Sept 2025
Imported Food Sampling, Analysis and ReportingFera Science Limited£450k5 Aug 2025
Microsoft Azure CSP subscriptions and LicensesDUPLICATE - Bytes Software Services Ltd£1.8m29 Jul 2025
ZScaler LicensesPhoenix Software Limited£163k17 Jul 2025
ZScaler LicensesPhoenix Software Limited£163k17 Jul 2025
Sanitary Surveys Review NI 25-28AQUALICENSE LIMITED£75k10 Jul 2025
NI NRL for ParasitesDepartment of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM)£107k2 Jul 2025

Who they buy from

Most frequent suppliers

  1. 01Fera Science Limited11 awards
  2. 02Eville & Jones (GB) Ltd9 awards
  3. 03HallMark Meat Hygiene Ltd6 awards
  4. 04Ipsos MORI UK Limited5 awards
  5. 05Phoenix Software LTD4 awards
  6. 06IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) Ltd4 awards
  7. 07Wageningen Food Safety Research4 awards
  8. 08LGC Limited4 awards
  9. 09Egress Software Technologies Limited4 awards
  10. 10UKHSA FWE Service4 awards

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Common questions

Food Standards Agency, in short

Who does Food Standards Agency award contracts to?

Across 171 contracts recorded since 2021, Food Standards Agency has used 90 different suppliers. The most frequent are Fera Science Limited (11 contracts), Eville & Jones (GB) Ltd (9 contracts), HallMark Meat Hygiene Ltd (6 contracts).

What does Food Standards Agency buy?

Its most active procurement categories are research and development, it services, software and information systems. Categories are derived from the CPV codes published on each award notice.

When do Food Standards Agency contracts come up for renewal?

35 contracts awarded by Food Standards Agency have an end date within the next 18 months, the earliest on 23 Oct 2026. End dates come from the original award notices, so they are visible well before any re-tender is advertised.

How much does Food Standards Agency spend on contracts?

Published values total £464.5m across the 170 contracts that state one, with a median of £98k. These are the values published on award notices, which for frameworks are ceilings rather than money actually spent.

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Contract data on this page is sourced from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under that licence. Figures cover contract award notices published from January 2021 onward, with comprehensive coverage from 2023. Earlier contracts, and any award not published to Find a Tender or Contracts Finder, will not appear. Figures may lag the source portals.