Closed tender

Determination of levels of PFAS in (+migrating from) Food Contact Materials FCM

Details

Buyer: Food Standards Agency
Published: 21 September 2026
Submission: 29 October 2026
Source: uk:atamis:dhsc

Tender description

Determination of levels of PFAS in (and migrating from) Food Contact Materials (FCMs); This work aims to develop and apply validated analytical methods to determine the levels of PFAS in food contact materials available to UK consumers and assess the extent to which these substances migrate into food, thereby improving understanding of their contribution to dietary exposure and supporting risk assessment and policy decisions.

Timeline

Completed: Tender published21 September 2026
Current notice
Completed: Submission date29 October 2026

About the buyer

The Food Standards Agency is a non-ministerial central government department, and a commercial team runs its procurement. Crown Commercial Service and Government Commercial Service frameworks cover some procurements, with the call-off contract included in the tender. Standard contract terms scale with value, up to a model services contract for the largest projects.

Over the past 5 years, most of Food Standards Agency's contract awards have been in research and development, business services and software and information systems.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@food-standards-agency.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@food-standards-agency.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@food-standards-agency.gov
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Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@food-standards-agency.gov
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