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Public sector contracts from The Food Standards Agency

The Food Standards Agency has published no contract award notice since 1 Apr 2023. This page is the record of the 197 contracts it awarded since 2021 and the suppliers that won them.

Across that period it used 93 different suppliers.

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Awards, last 12 months
197
Awards since 2021
93
Distinct suppliers
£84k
Median contract value
3
Expiring in 18 months

Most recent award recorded 1 Apr 2023. Value figures cover the 195 of 197 contracts where a value was published.

Coming up for renewal

3 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 12 awards.

Published contract values total £68.4m, across the 195 contracts that state one, with a median of £84k. Framework ceilings are counted once rather than once per supplier.

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

Awards per quarter

Not enough history to chart.

Recent activity

Latest contract awards

ContractSupplierValueAwarded
FS431176 Data Integration & Sharing Publishing PlatformEpimorphics Ltd£973k1 Apr 2023
FS430769 Terrestrial modelling for radiological risk assessments (PRISM) and renewal of AMBER software licenceQuintessa Limited£104k31 Mar 2023
FS900290 Events ManagementGlasgows£129 Mar 2023
FS515004 Collection and delivery of official control samples of water and shellfish flesh from Belfast and Larne LoughsJON ERSKINE BOAT CHARTERS£84k23 Mar 2023
FS900302 - Media MonitoringOnclusive£43k13 Mar 2023
FS900250 Work package 6 Corporate Framework Project - ImplementationDeloitte LLP£40k13 Mar 2023
FS900253 Lot 1 - Phase 1 .Survey design, sample collection at retail and transportation to the testing laboratoryHallMark Meat Hygiene Ltd£60k27 Feb 2023
FS900253 Lot 2 - Phase 2 Microbiological testing, data analysis and reportingUKHSA£228k27 Feb 2023
FS900250 Work Package 5 FSA Delivery of Official Controls (FSADOC) Retender Procurement Strategy and Should Cost Model (SCM)Deloitte LLP£91k21 Feb 2023
FS900290.2 - FSA in Wales Events and Tradestand ManagementOrchard Media & Events£50k17 Feb 2023
FSA Strategic Incident reviewChapel Associates£48k31 Jan 2023
FS101211 Sampling Analysis & CollectionCEFAS - Centre for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Science£3.7m30 Jan 2023
FS304003 Northern Ireland take home food and drink purchasing data for 2021 and 2022.Kantar World Panel£156k25 Jan 2023
FS304003 Northern Ireland take home food and drink purchasing data for 2021 and 2022.Kantar World Panel£156k25 Jan 2023
FS725002 Sampling Training for Local AuthoritiesCTSI£33k6 Jan 2023
FS431145 Novel foods regulatory framework reviewDeloitte LLP£130k19 Dec 2022
FS900250 Work package 4 Enterprise Level Regulation - Next Sectors (franchise caterers, food manufacturers and contract caterers) - DiscoveryDeloitte£65k16 Dec 2022
International Review of the Literature and Guidance on Food Allergen CleaningCampden BRI (Chipping Campden) Ltd£30k15 Dec 2022
FS900293 Review of methods for the analysis of culinary herbs and spices for authenticityLGC Limited£59k14 Dec 2022
FS900260 Alternatives to single use plastics in food packaging and productionRSM UK Consulting LLP£42k13 Dec 2022

Who they buy from

Most frequent suppliers

  1. 01Fera Science Limited12 awards
  2. 02Deloitte LLP Ltd8 awards
  3. 03IPSOS MORI UK Limited8 awards
  4. 04TNS UK Ltd (trading as Kantar Public)6 awards
  5. 05CEFAS - Centre for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Science4 awards
  6. 06Epimorphics Limited4 awards
  7. 07LGC Limited4 awards
  8. 08IFF Research Limited3 awards
  9. 09University of Oxford3 awards
  10. 10RSM UK Consulting LLP3 awards

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Common questions

The Food Standards Agency, in short

Who does The Food Standards Agency award contracts to?

Across 197 contracts recorded since 2021, The Food Standards Agency has used 93 different suppliers. The most frequent are Fera Science Limited (12 contracts), Deloitte LLP Ltd (8 contracts), IPSOS MORI UK Limited (8 contracts).

What does The 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 The Food Standards Agency contracts come up for renewal?

3 contracts awarded by The Food Standards Agency have an end date within the next 18 months, the earliest on 31 Mar 2027. End dates come from the original award notices, so they are visible well before any re-tender is advertised.

How much does The Food Standards Agency spend on contracts?

Published values total £68.4m across the 195 contracts that state one, with a median of £84k. These are the values published on award notices, which for frameworks are ceilings rather than money actually spent.

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Tender Radar monitors Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales each weekday morning and can score every new The Food Standards Agency notice against your organisation's profile, delivering the relevant ones before 9am alongside their contracts approaching renewal.

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.

How to cite this data

Tender Radar (2026) Public sector contracts from The Food Standards Agency [Dataset]. Professor AI. Available at: https://tender-radar.co.uk/buyers/the-food-standards-agency (Accessed: 7 October 2026).

The figures change as notices are published, so the citation carries the date you read them.