# Chemical Testing for Northern Ireland

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Food Standards Agency](/buyers/the-food-standards-agency/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety
- Award value: £89,060
- Tender value: £252,000
- Award date: 1 October 2024
- Published: 7 May 2025
- Contract start: 1 April 2025
- Contract end: 31 March 2029
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: c8b484a2-e651-46ff-ab81-6e3196c95ea0-843928
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-86c61ce3-73d2-419d-912f-f07975e37b39

## Description

The National Reference Laboratory\(ies\) for Chemical and Contaminant Testing for Northern Ireland \(NI\) will play a vital role in protecting consumers from illness that could arise from the consumption of food or feed contaminated with chemical contaminants such as metals, nitrogenous compounds, processing contaminants and halogenated persistent organic pollutants\. The NRL will provide specialist advice as requested by the FSA and technical support to the NI enforcement process for food, feed and products thereof\.    This is a multiple lot tender\. Tenders are invited to bid for all lots, several lots together or one lot\. This is a 4 year contract with an optional 2 year extension\. The estimated value of the Contract is estimated to be between £0 - £252,000 \(inc VAT\) for the total duration, including the 2 year extension\. The FSA is not required to take the extension\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c8b484a2-e651-46ff-ab81-6e3196c95ea0-843928)