UK public sector, covering 600+ buyer sites
185 food testing laboratory tenders and contracts, 36 this year.
Updated 4 November 2026 · compiled by BidSkim Limited · How we count
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44 contracts across the UK, of any size
Atamis1 50%
Proactis1 50%Tenders published in the last year that name the bid portal they run on.
LGC won the most by value. Each dot is one contract, coloured by who bought it.
| Rank | Contractor | Contracts won, by buyer | Contracts | Value won | Buyers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fera Science Limited Yorkshire and the Humber · See every contract | 12 | £3.4m | 3 | ||
| 2joint | Wageningen University & Research Yorkshire and the Humber · See every contract | 4 | £614k | 1 | ||
| 2joint | Public Analyst Scientific Services North East · SME · See every contract | 4 | £208k | 4 | ||
| 4 | LGC London · See every contract | 3 | £39.4m | 2 | ||
| 5joint | Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine North West · See every contract | 2 | £1m | 2 | ||
| 5joint | Sciensano Yorkshire and the Humber · SME · See every contract | 2 | £595k | 1 | ||
| 5joint | Umweltbundesamt GmbH Organic analytics | 2 | £313k | 1 | ||
| 5joint | Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) Yorkshire and the Humber · See every contract | 2 | £133k | 1 | ||
| 5joint | Greenwater Yorkshire and the Humber · See every contract | 2 | Not published | 1 | ||
| 10joint | Hampshire County Council East of England · See every contract | 1 | £5.5m | 1 |
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Contracts with a published value in the last 2 years, from the type of buyer to the size of the contract.
Each dot is a buyer, by how many food testing laboratory contracts it awarded in the last 2 years.
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Each dot is a buyer: how many food testing laboratory contracts it awarded against what they were worth. The busiest and biggest are named.
| Rank | Buyer | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Food Standards Agency | 26 | £9m |
| 2 | East Suffolk Council | 3 | £11.1m |
| 3 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) | 2 | £38.8m |
| 4 | Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) | 2 | £957k |
| 5 | Gateshead Council | 2 | £132k |
| 6 | Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council | 1 | £3.1m |
| 7 | London Borough of Hillingdon | 1 | £2.4m |
| 8 | Health and Safety Executive | 1 | £892k |
| 9 | Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 1 | £107k |
| 10 | Norfolk County Council | 1 | £103k |
5 in the next 6 months. The 3 ending soonest are shown in full.
Contracts by region and by month awarded. Click a region to filter the page.
| Region | Open now | Contracts | Value | Typical contract | Won the most | Bought the most | Renewing in 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 0 | 16 | £3.3m | £169k | Fera Science Limited (7) | Food Standards Agency (16) | 0 |
| London | 0 | 7 | £42.2m | £535k | LGC and Fera Science Limited (2 each) | Food Standards Agency (3) | 1 |
| East of England | 0 | 4 | £11.2m | £5.5m | – | East Suffolk Council (3) | 0 |
| Northern Ireland | 0 | 3 | £3.3m | £107k | – | Food Standards Agency (2) | 1 |
| North East | 0 | 2 | £132k | – | – | Gateshead Council (2) | 0 |
| North West | 2 | 2 | £999k | – | – | – | 1 |
| West Midlands | 0 | 2 | £567k | – | – | – | 0 |
| East Midlands | 0 | 1 | £12k | – | – | – | 0 |
| Wales | 0 | 1 | £133k | – | – | – | 0 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1 | £14k | – | – | – | 0 |
| South East | 0 | 0 | Not published | – | – | – | 0 |
| South West | 0 | 0 | Not published | – | – | – | 0 |
of food testing laboratory contracts awarded.
Typical contract £156k x 0.9 contracts a month, last 12 months.food testing laboratory contracts are awarded in a typical month.
44 contracts in the last 2 years.food testing laboratory contracts come up for renewal in the next 6 months.
Recurring contracts with a named supplier and a published end date before 5 May 2027.of food testing laboratory contracts are won by SMEs.
As recorded by the buyer, on 23 award notices.| Last 12 months | Since November 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| Notices published | 36 | 185 |
| Contracts awarded | 11 | 85 |
11 food testing laboratory contracts and frameworks end in the next 12 months, 9 of them recurring services. In the last two years, 14 buyers awarded food testing laboratory contracts to 19 suppliers.
Source: Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI, to 4 November 2026. By Seamus White. How we count
44 in the 2 years to 4 November 2026, from 14 public buyers.
The median food testing laboratory tender is open for 37 days from publication to deadline.
The median is £163k, and 60% are worth less than £250k.
Fera Science Limited won the most (12). LGC won the most by value (£39.4m).
Central government bodies award 70% of them.
Yorkshire and the Humber: 16 of 44 in the 2 years to 4 November 2026, then London (7) and the East of England (4).
6 contracts end and are likely to be re-let, the first on 30 November 2026. Another 2 ending are one-off work.
Public analyst, food examiner and official control or reference laboratory services that analyse food, feed and imported agri-food samples taken by councils, port health authorities and the Food Standards Agency.
