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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

RDE888 - Provision of statutory shellfish monitoring services for Scotland, Engl

R&DCPV 73000000
Value£50k
Awarded31 Oct 2025
Published13 Feb 2026
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

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

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£50ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£561k

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The brief

Provision of statutory official controls shellfish chemical contaminants monitoring services on behalf of Cefas for Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and Food Standards Agency (FSA) England and Wales, as detailed in Appendix 1 including: 1) Provision of 2026 Official Control monitoring services for FSS chemical contaminants programme.

Contract awarded by Defra.

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

FSA food establishment approvalRegulator registrations
Provision of statutory official controls shellfish chemical contaminants monitoring services on behalf of Cefas for Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and Food Standards Agency (FSA) England and Wales, as detailed in Appendix 1 including: 1) Provision of 2026 Official Control monitoring services for FSS chemical contaminant…

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