FS900109a Microbiological Testing for Northern Ireland 1-5

Food Standards Agency
Yorkshire and the Humber
Open procedure
1 May 2025 to 31 March 2029

The contract covers five lots for National Reference Laboratory services, including testing for antimicrobial resistance, Campylobacter, Listeria, Salmonella, Staphylococci, STEC/VTEC, and foodborne viruses in bivalve molluscs. The service requires providing technical support to enforcement processes and specialist advice to the authority regarding food and feed safety compliance.

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Awarded value: £60k; As published
Published: 12 June 2025
Awarded: 10 June 2025; Sciensano
Contract length: 47 months; Ends 31 March 2029

What the contract covers

NRL service lot

Provision of specialist microbiological laboratory testing, technical support, and expert advisory services for food and feed safety enforcement programmes.

Provide National Reference Laboratory services for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Northern Ireland
Provide National Reference Laboratory services for Campylobacter, Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella in Northern Ireland
Provide National Reference Laboratory services for coagulase-positive Staphylococci, including Staphylococcus aureus, in Northern Ireland
Provide National Reference Laboratory services for Escherichia coli, including Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), also referred to as Verotoxigenic E. coli (VTEC), in Northern Ireland
Provide National Reference Laboratory services for foodborne viruses, including bivalve molluscs, in Northern Ireland

Terms and requirements

Contract type: NRL service lot
Procedure: Open procedure
Initial term: 48 months
Extensions: 24 months
Longest it can run: 72 months
Contract dates: 1 May 2025 to 31 March 2029
Certifications asked for: None stated
Suitable for SMEs: Yes
Suitable for charities and social enterprises: Yes
Category: Services
CPV codes: 73111000, 73000000, 71900000

Services in this contract

Public analyst and official food and feed laboratory servicesMain service£163k typicalNational reference laboratory services for food and feed microbiology

Lifecycle

Published
12 June 2025
Contract awardedto Sciensano
10 June 2025
Contract starts
1 May 2025
Contract ends
31 March 2029

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Food Standards Agency

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Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/228424/fs900109a-microbiological-testing-for-northern-ireland-1-5
Buyer reference: CF-3070500D0O000000rwimUAA
Open contracting ID: ocds-b5fd17-b77aa0d1-e051-44ab-9ef2-10a3ba5227a4
Last checked: 5 November 2026

Food Standards Agency. FS900109a Microbiological Testing for Northern Ireland 1-5. Contract award, 12 June 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/228424/fs900109a-microbiological-testing-for-northern-ireland-1-5 (accessed 5 November 2026).