Awarded contract

Metagenomic Profiling of Gut Microbiome IID3: New Perspectives Infectious Intestinal Disease

Details

Buyer: Food Standards Agency
Supplier(s): University of Liverpool
Value: £599,688.74
Duration: 2 years
Topic: Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published: 1 October 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is an independent Government department working across England, Wales and Northern Ireland to protect public health and consumers wider interest in food. We make sure food is safe and what it says it is. The FSA are looking to appoint a supplier to deliver a research project to undertake metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analyses of faecal samples generated as part of The Third Study of Infectious Intestinal Disease (IID3), alongside other relevant datasets. The study aims to improve our understanding of the causes of IID and to characterise the prevalence and diversity of antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes in IID samples. The contract will run for a period of 24 months, with an optional 6-month extension period if required. The maximum budget assigned for this project is £600,000, excluding VAT. ## Contract award Title: Metagenomic Profiling of Gut Microbiome IID3: New Perspectives Infectious Intestinal Disease

Timeline

Completed: Award published1 October 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date1 October 2026
Next: Contract expiry date19 October 2028in 2 years

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.

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