Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The Food Standards Agency
Foss House, Peasholme Green
York
YO1 7PR
UK
E-mail: FSA.Procurement@food.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.Food.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
FS101211 Radiological Monitoring Sample, Analysis and Collection
Reference number: FS101211
II.1.2) Main CPV code
73000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is responsible for food safety in England, Northern Ireland and Wales (Food Standards Act, 1999) and thereby undertakes monitoring and dose assessments of the food safety implications of radioactive wastes discharges to the environment. FSA’s radiological monitoring programme establishes radioactivity concentrations within the vicinity of, and at distance from, nuclear licensed sites and demonstrates that radioactivity from manmade sources does not compromise food safety and are within national and EU acceptable limits of 1 mSv per annum. The FSA programmes conform to the requirements in Article 35 and 36 (Directive 96/29/Euratom) laying down Basic Safety Standards (Directive 2013/59/Euratom) for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation. The purpose of this contract is to deliver a combined sampling/radioanalytical programme that is cost-efficient and effective in meeting the FSA’s statutory requirements and provides resilience in the event of a radiological emergency/incident in the UK. The work requires collection, preparation and radioanalysis of aquatic and terrestrial food samples, and the timely reporting of information and results in specified formats, from locations around the nuclear sites (and away) across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The results will then be used to estimate the radiological exposure (doses) to consumers
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
3 721 518.53
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is responsible for food safety in England, Northern Ireland and Wales (Food Standards Act, 1999) and thereby undertakes monitoring and dose assessments of the food safety implications of radioactive wastes discharges to the environment. FSA’s radiological monitoring programme establishes radioactivity concentrations within the vicinity of, and at distance from, nuclear licensed sites and demonstrates that radioactivity from manmade sources does not compromise food safety and are within national and EU acceptable limits of 1 mSv per annum. The FSA programmes conform to the requirements in Article 35 and 36 (Directive 96/29/Euratom) laying down Basic Safety Standards (Directive 2013/59/Euratom) for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation. The purpose of this contract is to deliver a combined sampling/radioanalytical programme that is cost-efficient and effective in meeting the FSA’s statutory requirements and provides resilience in the event of a radiological emergency/incident in the UK. The work requires collection, preparation and radioanalysis of aquatic and terrestrial food samples, and the timely reporting of information and results in specified formats, from locations around the nuclear sites (and away) across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The results will then be used to estimate the radiological exposure (doses) to consumers
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2022/S 000-019172
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30/01/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
CEFAS - Centre for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Science
Lowestoft
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 3 721 518.53
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Food Standards Agency
York
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
03/02/2023