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| Source: | Contracts Finder |
| Notice Type: | Award notice |
| Buyer: | Food Standards Agency |
| Main Category: | Research and development services and related consultancy services |
| Procurement Method: | Single tender action (below threshold) |
| Tender Status: |
| Closed |
| Estimated Value (ex. VAT): | £72,000 |
| Release Date: | 12 June 2025 |
| Application Deadline: | 17 April 2025 |
| Contract Start Date: | 30 April 2025 |
| Contract End Date: | 31 March 2026 |
| Contract Duration: | 11 months |
| Procurement ID (OCID): | ocds-b5fd17-c2bf0126-02ca-445a-b8ee-420a07bb659f |
| Notice Reference: | c0465f74-35ba-4ef0-82e5-f8611dcfcf26-849314 |
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| Award value: | £59,996.22 |
| Award decision date: | 9 June 2025 |
| Award status: | Active |
The Food Safety Act 1990 requires LAs to appoint PAs for chemical and compositional food sampling in a legal context and provide a CoA which is admissible as evidence in criminal proceedings. The MChemA qualification needed to become a PA is rightly challenging to achieve as it ensures extensive knowledge in chemical analysis and competence in providing an expert legal opinion on the quality, safety and probity of food. A lack of PAs means that analyses that require the PA to undertake the test themselves, due to requiring specialised training, will have a very limited capacity. Moreover, PA OLs who lose their PA due to retirement, or fail to appoint one, will lose their ability to test samples under the Food Safety Act 1990 leading to an inability for them to take enforcement action. Funding the training and continued professional development (CPD) of PAs and providing funding to backfill desk analyst roles in the laboratory could improve capacity and capability in PA OLs as outlined in the FSA Board Paper 2022. Providing such a succession plan will guarantee the future of the PA profession and the PA OL system.
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Application Deadline
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