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The Food Standards Agency

FS616029 National Reference Laboratory for Genetically Modified Organisms in Food and Feed

R&DCPV 73111000
Value£534k
Awarded11 Feb 2021
Published6 Aug 2021
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£534ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£577k

This is a large award for Research & Development — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 20,405 valued Research & Development tenders in our corpus.

The brief

NRL GMO Services - The appointed laboratory will carry out the provision of services for the UK National Reference Laboratory for GMOs.

The NRL GMO will provide support to the UK official control laboratories for GMO control and will be required to identify and participate as an independent expert at international GMO meetings and networks to build expertise and knowledge in the area. - The NRL will liaise with and, as and when required, provide advice to the FSA appointed laboratory responsible for the scientific assessment and validation of detection methods for GMOs in food and feed as part of the UK GMO authorisation of regulated products procedure.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The NRL GMO will provide support

The NRL GMO will provide support to the UK official control laboratories for GMO control and will be required to identify and participate as an independent expert at international GMO meetings and networks to build expertise and knowledge in the area.

02

The NRL will liaise with and, as

The NRL will liaise with and, as and when required, provide advice to the FSA appointed laboratory responsible for the scientific assessment and validation of detection methods for GMOs in food and feed as part of the UK GMO authorisation of regulated products procedure.

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Stage
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