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Public sector contracts from Food Standards Agency
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- 80
- Awards, last 12 months
- 494
- Awards since 2021
- 194
- Distinct suppliers
- £97k
- Median contract value
- 80
- Ending in 18 months
Hatched quarters fall only partly inside the next 18 months. Busiest whole quarter: Q1 2027.
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- 43 contracts end in the next 6 months
- Has awarded contracts every year since 2021
- Took on 22 new suppliers in the last 12 months
80 contract awards published in the last 12 months, down from 112 the year before, and 494 since 2021 from 194 suppliers.
Food Standards Agency at a glance
Its most active procurement category is research and development.
FERA Science Ltd appears most frequently, holding 42 awards.
The median published contract value is £97k (489 contracts state a value).
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80 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.
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Latest contract awards
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Latest activity
What Food Standards Agency has published recently
Open tenders, and the awards from the last 12 months that the table above does not list, newest first.An award is dated by its award date, or by its publication date where the award date is missing or later.
19 Oct 2026 (2 weeks ago)
Tender published
Effect of probiotics on Campylobacter colonisation within the broiler gut
Closes 30 Nov 2026
15 Oct 2026 (3 weeks ago)
Tender published
Closes 12 Nov 2026
1 Oct 2026 (5 weeks ago)
Contract award
Metagenomic Profiling of Gut Microbiome IID3: New Perspectives Infectious Intestinal Disease
Awarded to University of Liverpool
10 Sept 2026 (2 months ago)
9 Sept 2026 (2 months ago)
Contract award
9 Sept 2026 (2 months ago)
Contract award
8 Sept 2026 (2 months ago)
8 Sept 2026 (2 months ago)
Contract award
PATH-SAFE Genomic Data Platform - Technical Strand
Awarded to University of Oxford (Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance)
30 Jul 2026 (3 months ago)
Contract award
4-year Fellowship - endpoint toxicity for a mixture of chemicals
Awarded to University of Birmingham
29 Jul 2026 (3 months ago)
Contract award
Awarded to I.F.F RESEARCH LIMITED
23 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
Contract award
WP3:Provision of Allergen Information Evaluation: Stakeholder follow-up research
Awarded to The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited
21 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
Contract award
WP2 Exploring awareness and impact of FSA guidance on glycerol slush-ice drinks consumption
Awarded to The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited
13 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
13 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
8 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
6 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
30 Jun 2026 (4 months ago)
Contract award
Cloud Infrastructure Management
Awarded to METHODS BUSINESS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
25 Jun 2026 (4 months ago)
16 Jun 2026 (5 months ago)
Contract award
Food Standards training for England Local Authority Officers
Awarded to Chartered Trading Standards Institute
16 Jun 2026 (5 months ago)
Contract award
Literature Review: Allergenicity of cell cultivated products
Awarded to Fera Science Ltd
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Most frequent suppliers
- FERA Science Ltd42 awards
- IPSOS MORI UK Limited15 awards
- LGC Limited14 awards
- HallMark Meat Hygiene Ltd11 awards
- Deloitte LLP Ltd11 awards
- EVILLE JONES G.B. LIMITED9 awards
- IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) Ltd8 awards
- The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited8 awards
- Wageningen Food Safety Research7 awards
- RSM UK Consulting LLP7 awards
How much goes to small firms and the voluntary sector
38 of 193 awards
3 of 82 awards
Awards since November 2023 where Food Standards Agency recorded on the notice whether the winner was an SME or voluntary sector organisation. The badges next to each supplier are stricter: a supplier is only badged when every buyer's notices agree.
Every supplier to Food Standards Agency with a profile89
- Acquia Inc1
- ACS Technology Group LTD1
- Addleshaw-Goddard LLC1
- Akhter Computers PLC1
- Alexander Mann Solutions Limited1
- Arco Limited1
- Aston University1
- Axis Recruitment Limited1
- Back Care Solutions Limited1
- Basis Research Limited3
- Basis Social LTD3
- British Telecommunications PLC1
- BYTES SOFTWARE SERVICES Limited1
- Cambridge University Technical Services Limited5
- CAPITA Business Services Limited1
- CCS Media Limited2
- CDW- Limited3
- Chartered Trading Standards Institute7
- City, University of London1
- CIVICA UK Limited2
- Clarke Willmott LLP1
- Cognizant Worldwide LTD2
- Cranfield University1
- Deloitte LLP Ltd11
- Digital Accessibility Centre (DAC) Ltd1
- Dods Group Limited1
- Egress Software Technologies Limited4
- Eleven Marketing & Communications LimitedSME1
- ELIS UK Limited2
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car Limited3
- Epimorphics Limited4
- Eunomia Research and Consulting LTD1
- Evotix Limited2
- Exponential- E Limited1
- FERA Science Ltd42
- Fivium LTD1
- Gamma Telecom Limited4
- GB Group PLC1
- Geoff Smith Associates Limited2
- GOSS Interactive Limited1
- HallMark Meat Hygiene Ltd11
- Harlow Consulting Services Limited1
- Health Management Limited1
- I.F.F Research Limited4
- IFF Research Limited4
- Internet Investigation Solutions Limited1
- IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) Ltd8
- IPSOS MORI UK Limited15
- KAINOS Software Ltd3
- Kainos WorkSmart Limited2
- LGC Limited14
- LIberata UK Limited1
- Little Fish (UK) Limited2
- Mazars LLP Limited1
- Methods Business and Digital Consulting Ltd1
- Methods Business and Digital Technology Limited3
- MHR International UK Limited ("MHR")2
- Newcastle University2
- Nine23 Ltd1
- Nintex UK Ltd1
- PA Consulting LTD1
- Phoenix Software LTD4
- PRECISE MEDIA MONITORING LTD (trading as Onclusive)1
- PRISM Infosec Ltd1
- Quintessa Limited2
- RSK-ADAS Limited4
- RSM UK Consulting LLP7
- SGS United Kingdom Limited2
- Shred Station Limited1
- SOFTCAT PlC1
- Specsavers Optical Superstores LTD1
- SRCL Limited t/a Stericycle1
- Topspeed Couriers LimitedSME2
- TPXIMPACT Limited2
- UK Health Security Agency5
- University Of Bath1
- University Of Birmingham5
- University Of Lincoln3
- University of Oxford4
- University Of Portsmouth2
- University Of Southampton1
- University Of Warwick2
- University of York2
- VE3 Global Limited1
- Venson Automotive Solutions Limited1
- Wavemaker Limited1
- Workday Limited2
- XMA LImited1
- YouGov PLC2
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Most active categories
The CPV codes on this work
The codes Food Standards Agency classifies its contracts under. Each one shows who else buys that work, the typical value, and what is coming up for renewal.
- 73000000Research and development services and related consultancy services186
- 48000000Software package and information systems41
- 72000000IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support27
- 73111000Research laboratory services17
- 72222300Information technology services13
- 73200000Research and development consultancy services12
- 80000000Education and training services10
- 71900000Laboratory services8
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Food Standards Agency, in short
Who does Food Standards Agency award contracts to?
Across 494 contracts recorded since 2021, Food Standards Agency has used 194 different suppliers. The most frequent are FERA Science Ltd (42 contracts), IPSOS MORI UK Limited (15 contracts), LGC Limited (14 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?
80 contracts awarded by Food Standards Agency have an end date within the next 18 months, the earliest on 30 Nov 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?
The median published contract value is £97k, across the 489 contracts that state a value. Published values are not added up here: a framework's value is a ceiling shared by every supplier on it, and the same value is often repeated across lots, so adding them up would overstate what is spent.
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Other central government bodies with a page142
Same type of body. National bodies are not grouped by region: a department's notice address is where its commercial team sits, not where it works. Most published awards first.
How these figures are worked out
- The last 12 months: award notices published from 8 November 2025 to 7 November 2026, each contract counted once however many suppliers or rows it has. The same window is used everywhere on this page.
- Year on year: Its published contract awards were level, then fell in the last year. Contracts by publication date in the 12 months to 7 Nov 2026 and the two years before it, oldest first: 125, 112 and 80. A change of more than 15% counts as a rise or fall; each year needs at least 5 contracts.
- 43 contracts end in the next 6 months: Published end dates between 7 November 2026 and 7 May 2027, each contract counted once.
- Has awarded contracts every year since 2021: At least one contract in every calendar year from 2021 to 2026, by award date (or publication date where the award date is later). Our records begin in 2021.
- Took on 22 new suppliers in the last 12 months: Suppliers named on a contract it awarded and published since 8 November 2025, and on none before. Counted by organisation, not by spelling.
- Most recent award: recorded 29 Oct 2026 (9 days ago).
- Values: value figures cover the 489 of 494 contracts where a value was published. Values are never added up: framework ceilings and values repeated across lots would make a total meaningless.
- Since 2021: totals count contracts by award date from January 2021, and suppliers by organisation rather than by spelling.
Sources
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. Relative dates (such as “in 6 days”) count from 7 November 2026, when this page was built.
How to cite this data
Tender Radar (2026) Public sector contracts from Food Standards Agency [Dataset]. Professor AI. Available at: https://tender-radar.co.uk/buyers/food-standards-agency (Accessed: 7 November 2026).
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