Notice Information
Notice Title
Harmonisation and Standardisation in the Field of Next Generation Sequencing (NG
Notice Description
This document sets out the requirements for a new research project: Harmonisation and standardisation in the field of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) analysis for food authenticity testing. Defra's Food Authenticity Research Programme is at the forefront of applying cutting edge technology to develop fit for purpose analytical testing methods to verify food labelling and composition to support the enforcement of food law. Research developed under the programme helps to ensure the authenticity and integrity of the UKs food supply chain, ensuring it remains resilient to food fraud, maintaining and improving consumer confidence. A powerful emerging technology, starting to be applied by a number of organisations and laboratories for food authenticity investigation, is NGS or High Throughput Sequencing (HTS). It has the potential to deliver a step-change in how food standards testing is undertaken by allowing high-throughput, non-targeted identification of food ingredients. The growing application of NGS for food authenticity investigation has highlighted a need to develop standards and harmonise approaches for application in a food setting to ensure methods are fit for purpose, are validated in a harmonised way and that deliver results that can be interpreted with confidence to enable effective use for food authenticity analysis. There are a number of NGS platforms now available for HTS, using a variety of different chemistries and additional sequencing technologies are still being developed (Defra project FA0160). As a result, there is a degree of variability in method performance and validation approaches, making it difficult to compare results. Working towards agreed performance targets in this field will enable results generated in different labs and on different platforms to be compared and findings to be interpreted with confidence. Aims The requirement is for the development of performance target standards and best practice advice for the application of NGS for food authenticity testing (with a focus on metabarcoding approaches) to improve the robustness of NGS methods as a tool to support food analysis and food law enforcement. Research Questions Defra is seeking analytical expertise to establish standards and guidance that will benefit the analytical community through facilitating harmonised development and validation of qualitative NGS methods for food authenticity analysis. The Authority anticipates demonstration that the performance targets and guidance developed are fit for purpose through their application in practice as part of this project.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-3d8fcb3d-eca2-412c-82a7-f134606b92a0
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/71973e94-61eb-4699-9d1a-61f197423b28
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
03 - Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
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- CPV Codes
03000000 - Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 25 Nov 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 4 Jan 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 8 Feb 2023 - 30 Aug 2024 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEFRA
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 3JR
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
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- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/71973e94-61eb-4699-9d1a-61f197423b28
25th November 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/1627339d-cdba-44ae-ac76-dd19271a455e
ITT C5263 - NGS Analysis for Food Authenticity Testing
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