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Food Standards Agency: public contracts and tenders
Food Standards Agency awarded 120 public contracts worth €40.0M where a value is stated since 2025-02-26; the business services contract held by The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited ends on 2026-11-30 (end date stated). Source: Arcadium Data, data as of .
Awarded value = the award values the notices state (EUR at the notice date), 112 of 120 awards; framework agreements (a ceiling, not spend) and implausible values are left out.
Buyer
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Food Standards Agency |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Buyer type | Central government authority |
| City | York |
| Sources | UK Contracts Finder, UK Find a Tender |
Top suppliers
| Supplier | Registry number | Website | Awards | Value won alone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fera Science Limited | 14 | €4.2M | ||
| The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited | 7 | €561k | ||
| Cambridge University Technical Services Limited | 3 | €139k | ||
| GAMMA TELECOM LTD | 3 | €133k | ||
| Camrosh Limited | 2 | €416k | ||
| Chartered Trading Standards Institute | 2 | €221k | ||
| ELIS UK LIMITED | 2 | €3.5M | ||
| Greenwater | 2 | €120k | ||
| I.F.F RESEARCH LIMITED | 2 | €602k | ||
| Ipsos (market research) Limited | 2 | €128k | ||
| NUMERATOR UK LIMITED | 2 | €200k | ||
| Phoenix Software Limited | 2 | €378k | ||
| TPXIMPACT LIMITED | 2 | €354k | ||
| University of Birmingham | 2 | €1.3M | ||
| Fera | 09413107 Companies House (GB) | fera.co.uk | 1 | €4.3M |
Suppliers named on Food Standards Agency's award notices (the top 15 of 62); registry number and website where the supplier is linked to its register entry. Winners that could be a private person are withheld.
Contracts ending in the next 18 months
End dates checked against the official notice: 99% right (n=100, 95% CI 94%-100%, 2026-10-26; method).
Award notices of Food Standards Agency whose contract period ends in the next 18 months: the end date the notice states, else its start or signature date plus the stated duration. 44 contracts (the 25 soonest shown); a framework's value is a ceiling and is not shown.
Open calls for tender
| Deadline | Call for tender | Published | Estimated value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-12 | Extending the Cost of Food Crime Analysis: Additional Case Studies and Assessing the Impact of NFCU Activity | 2026-10-15 | €119k |
| 2026-11-30 | Effect of probiotics on Campylobacter colonisation within the broiler gut | 2026-10-19 | €597k |
Calls with a deadline of 2026-10-27 or later (not awarded yet).
Spend by sector (CPV divisions)
| Sector | CPV | Awards | Awarded value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research and development | 73 | 58 | €20.9M |
| Business services | 79 | 12 | €922k |
| Software packages and information systems | 48 | 7 | €3.6M |
| Architecture and engineering services | 71 | 7 | €1.8M |
| IT services | 72 | 6 | €2.6M |
| Postal and telecom services | 64 | 2 | €202k |
| Education and training | 80 | 2 | €61,098 |
| Other community and personal services | 98 | 2 | €3.5M |
| Office and computing equipment | 30 | 1 | €601k |
| Security, fire-fighting and defence equipment | 35 | 1 | €2.1M |
| Furniture and cleaning products | 39 | 1 | €123k |
| Repair and maintenance services | 50 | 1 | €98,124 |
Award notices with a named winner, by the main CPV code; value = the total the notices state, in EUR at the notice date; framework agreements (a ceiling, not spend) and implausible values are left out.
Recent awards
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Sources: UK Contracts Finder, UK Find a Tender, read through their open-data feeds without logging in. Buyer = contracting authority as named on the notice; notices are grouped by the normalised name and country.
Source: Arcadium Data tenders database, 3,811,022 official public procurement notices from EU TED, UK Find a Tender, UK Contracts Finder and national procurement boards, read through their open-data services (no logins). Winners that could be a private person (sole traders) are withheld; buyers are public bodies. Data as of 2026-10-27.
Questions
How many public contracts has Food Standards Agency awarded?
Food Standards Agency published 120 contract award notices between 2025-02-26 and 2026-10-23; the 112 that state a value add up to €40.0M (official notices, as of 2026-10-27).
Who are Food Standards Agency's biggest suppliers?
By contract awards: Fera Science Limited (14), The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited (7) and Cambridge University Technical Services Limited (3) (as of 2026-10-27). Winners that could be a private person are not named.
Which Food Standards Agency contracts end soon?
44 contracts awarded by Food Standards Agency end in the next 18 months. The soonest with a named holder is the business services contract held by The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited, ending on 2026-11-30 (end date stated) (as of 2026-10-27).
Does Food Standards Agency have open tenders now?
Yes: 2 calls for tender from Food Standards Agency are open today (deadline 2026-10-27 or later) (as of 2026-10-27).
What does Food Standards Agency buy?
Most of Food Standards Agency's awards are in Research and development (CPV 73) (58), Business services (CPV 79) (12) and Software packages and information systems (CPV 48) (7) (as of 2026-10-27).
Cite as: Arcadium Data, "Food Standards Agency tenders and contracts: 120 awards, suppliers, contracts ending", https://arcadiumdata.io/tenders/buyers/food-standards-agency-gb/, data as of 2026-10-27.