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WP5 Social Science - The future of food regulation

Food Standards Agency · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 25 Sept 2026, 13:00.

Opportunity overview

Calling off from C425727 Research: Social Science Call-Off. The Food Standards Agency (FSA)'s Future Food Regulation (FFR) programme aims to deliver a regulatory system that is effective, sustainable and trusted, ensuring food is safe and is what it says it is. The programme aims to establish a national approach to regulating large food retailers, rather than at a local level. Alongside this, the programme aims to implement improvements at the Local Regulation and Online Regulation level, as well as enhance and ensure food business Registration, Enforcement and the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) works alongside regulatory changes. A central Guidance hub is also being developed. A programme and workstream-level Theory of Change (ToC) has consequently been developed, which articulates the problems the programme seeks to address and the outcomes it intends to achieve. Following ToC development, the FSA now requires a comprehensive evidence review to establish a clear and defensible rationale for intervention across the programme. This should systematically evidence programme-level and workstream-level problem statements and identify any evidence gaps. Then identify relevant market, behavioural, regulatory and government failures, to assess whether government (FSA) intervention is justified. The outputs will directly support policy development, economic appraisal, stakeholder engagement, and future business case development.

Awarded to

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Contract value
£50k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
17 Sept 2026
Including VAT
£60k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PDGM-3194-LVZD
Location
London, UKI41, E8 3PN, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
C467068
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Food Standards Agency
Id
GB-PPON-PJRM-6866-LYYX

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PJRM-6866-LYYX

Address

Street Address
YO1 7PR
Locality
York
Postal Code
YO1 7PR
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKE21

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited
Id
GB-PPON-PDGM-3194-LVZD

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PDGM-3194-LVZD

Address

Street Address
The Fisheries 1 Mentmore Terrace
Locality
London
Postal Code
E8 3PN
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI41

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
73000000
Description
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
73110000
Description
Research services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
73210000
Description
Research consultancy services

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PDGM-3194-LVZD
Name
The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
Work Package 5- Developing the evidence base for the Future of Food Regulation Programme's rationale for intervention
Status
active
Above Threshold
No
Date Signed
18 Sept 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
21 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
15 Jan 2027, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
59,997.46
Amount
49,997.88
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
090930-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
25 Sept 2026, 11:50
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · York · UKE21 · YO1 7PR · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. 090930-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·