# FS616030 - Provision of Services for the UK NRL: \(1\) Materials and Articles in Contact with Food \(2\) Dioxins and PCB's in Feed and Food \(3\) Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Feed and Food \(4\) Mycotoxins in Feed and Food \(5\) Heavy Metals in Feed and Food\.

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## Key facts

- Public buyer: Food Standards
- Contract winner: FERA
- Award value: £447,390
- Tender value: £447,390
- Award date: 24 March 2017
- Published: 28 April 2017
- Contract start: 1 April 2017
- Contract end: 31 March 2019
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 5125ae8e-1e22-42b2-bf55-139065c01570-144573
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c7a6cb05-cfa3-463b-b051-b1d647433b7c

## Description

The UK has a legal obligation \(through adopting the Official Food and Feed Controls Regulations 2009\) to appoint National Reference Laboratories \(NRLs\) to aid the work of the EU Reference Laboratories \(EURLs\)\. The work of the NRLs is driven by the programme of the respective EURLs\. It is a statutory requirement to have NRLs for the corresponding EURL work areas\. Core functions and duties of the appointed NRLS are cited in Article 33 of the EC Regulation 882/2004\. It is also the role of the NRLs to provide advice and support to the enforcement laboratories and the Competent Authorities to ensure a harmonised approach to food enforcement in the EU\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5125ae8e-1e22-42b2-bf55-139065c01570-144573)