Opportunity overview
The Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD) wishes to establish a new research and development (R&D) framework with six specific lots (A-F). This framework will be structured into specialism based lots. Each lot is designed to hold more than one supplier to allow a varied skill set across each lot. A specification will be written for each project and HSE will then consider the specification against each supplier to determine which supplier's expertise is best suited to the project. If more than one supplier has the relevant experience, a cab rank system will be used (further detail on this process is provided in section 4). Due to the nature of the type of R&D projects that will be brought forward, we are aware that not all suppliers in a lot may necessarily be able to undertake all the projects brought forward, so this approach ensures projects will be allocated to the most relevant supplier. HSE reserve the right to allocate projects to other suppliers in the framework, outside of the specified lot, if all the suppliers allocated to a lot are not able to undertake the project. This framework will be open to usage from all HSE teams. The framework will enable faster turnaround of R&D. It also provides a more cost effective and less burdensome way of commissioning research projects. The framework is designed to be a 4 year contract. We are unsure how many times we will use each individual Lot on the R&D Framework throughout the four year period. The award of each individual Lot does not guarantee any amount of work during the contract agreement period. Whilst we anticipate using each individual Lot on the R&D Framework to fulfil our needs, we do reserve the right to choose to commission such work through other means and with other suppliers as we see fit. SCOPE OF THE SERVICES REQUIRED The R&D Framework will be structured into 6 specialism based lots: • Lot A - Chemistry • Lot B - Ecotoxicology • Lot C - Efficacy • Lot D - Fate and Behaviour • Lot E - Residues • Lot F - Toxicology Suppliers may, apply for one, some or all of lots (A-F). We intend to appoint 4 suppliers for each lot. THIS IS A CALL-OFF FRAMEWORK WITH A VALUE OF £2,000,000 ACROSS THE 4 YEARS. THE BUDGET WILL BE USED ACROSS A NUMBER OF PROJECTS ACROSS ALL LOTS. CONTRACT AWARDS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED ON THAT BASIS
Awarded to
Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.
FERA SCIENCE LIMITED
- Published award value
- £1.6m
- Awarded
- 21 Aug 2025
- Award ID
- 1
- Status
- pending
- Identifier
- GB-COH 09413107
- Location
- York, UKE22, YO41 1LZ, United Kingdom
RSK ADAS LIMITED
- Published award value
- £1.6m
- Awarded
- 21 Aug 2025
- Award ID
- 2
- Status
- pending
- Identifier
- GB-COH 10486936
- Location
- Helsby, UKD63, WA6 0AR, United Kingdom
RICARDO-AEA LIMITED
- Published award value
- £1.6m
- Awarded
- 21 Aug 2025
- Award ID
- 3
- Status
- pending
- Identifier
- GB-COH 08229264
- Location
- Shoreham-By-Sea, UKJ27, BN43 5FG, United Kingdom
ENVIRESEARCH LIMITED
- Published award value
- £1.6m
- Awarded
- 21 Aug 2025
- Award ID
- 4
- Status
- pending
- Identifier
- GB-COH 04292592
- Location
- Frodsham, UKD63, WA6 0AR, United Kingdom
SILSOE SPRAY APPLICATIONS UNIT LIMITED
- Published award value
- £1.6m
- Awarded
- 21 Aug 2025
- Award ID
- 5
- Status
- pending
- Identifier
- GB-COH 09903411
- Location
- Silsoe, UKH25, MK45 4HP, United Kingdom
Classification
- CPV73000000 — Research and development services and related consultancy services
Lots
- Chemistry£277.8k
- Ecotoxicology£277.8k
- Efficacy£277.8k
- Fate and Behaviour£277.8k
- Residues£277.8k
- Toxicology Secondary Analysis£277.8k
Documents and notices
- Contract award notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
- Tender notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
- Tender notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗