# FS900244 Monitoring and Evaluation Partner for PATH-SAFE

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by The Food Standards Agency.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [The Food Standards Agency](/buyers/the-food-standards-agency/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [RAND Europe](/suppliers/rand-europe/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £360,950
- Tender value: £1
- Award date: 25 November 2022
- Published: 1 December 2022
- Contract start: 24 November 2022
- Contract end: 30 June 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: e8b2ecb6-d25f-4517-9b02-0019bcc5be88-595304
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9727b2ff-c0c6-4f44-89da-cf267ca38e66

## Description

The PATH-SAFE programme will pilot a national surveillance network, using the latest DNA-sequencing technology and environmental sampling to improve the detection, and tracking of foodborne human pathogens through the whole agri-food system from farm-to-fork\. The FSA wishes to appoint a monitoring and evaluation \(M&E\) partner for the PATH-SAFE programme running until June 2024\. PATH-SAFE is a cross-government collaboration consisting of four workstreams and the successful supplier will work with the PATH-SAFE team, and specifically the PATH-SAFE Evaluation Lead advisor, to design and deliver M&E activity at both workstream and programme level\. The M&E project will run until June 2024 and consist of 3 objectives: - Objective 1: Design of M&E - Objective 2: Process and Output monitoring & evaluation \(workstream level \+ programme level\) - Objective 3: Programme level outcome evaluation \+ feasibility study for impact evaluation approaches

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e8b2ecb6-d25f-4517-9b02-0019bcc5be88-595304)