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Food Standards Agency

Source Attribution Studies to Understand Transmission Pathways and AMR Origins

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 73200000
Value£750,000
Deadline28 Sept 2026
Published18 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide

£750,000 — stated in the notice

Timeline
Published 18 Aug 2026ClosedCloses 28 Sept 2026
Who to contact
fsa.commercial@food.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

Via Atamis: https://atamis-1928.lightning.force.com/lightning/page/home Reference C462685

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£750ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£810k

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The brief

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), using data generated through The Third Study of Infectious Intestinal Disease (IID3) and relevant datasets.

The contract will run for a minimum of 24 month, with an optional 6-month extension period if required.

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What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

FSA food establishment approvalRegulator registrations
The Food Standards Agency are carrying out Pre Market Engagement (PME) to ascertain market thoughts on the feasibility of Source Attribution Studies to Understand Transmission Pathways and AMR Origins in Intestinal Infectious Disease.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
078736-2026
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