Awarded contract

ES RDE 193 - Horizon Scanning to identify supply chain vulnerabilities and asso

Details

Supplier(s)
Fera Science Ltd
Value
£33,812.69
Topic
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published
5 November 2026

Tender description

Defra Self-Service Direct Award. This project will continue on from previous Horizon Scanning (HS) work carried out by Fera to inform on potential future risks to food authenticity, as part of Defra’s Food Authenticity Research Programme, which develops and delivers scientific evidence to support Defra’s food labelling and food compositional standards policy and regulation. ## Contract award

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published5 November 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date5 November 2026
  3. Next: Contract expiry date30 November 2026in 3 weeks

About the buyer

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a ministerial department that also buys through agencies such as the Environment Agency, the Rural Payments Agency and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. DEFRA also procures goods and services through the Crown Commercial Service. Existing contracts and frameworks set up under the previous procurement regulations remain valid until they expire.

Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.

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