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title: "Environmental Surveillance: OSMA and OSD"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06c5e6"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY"
published: "2026-07-08"
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# Environmental Surveillance: OSMA and OSD

Buyer: FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06c5e6

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## Summary

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has completed a direct procurement process with the contract titled "Environmental Surveillance: OSMA and OSD." This procurement falls under the industry category of research and development services and related consultancy services. It specifically addresses enhancing environmental surveillance capabilities for foodborne diseases and antimicrobial resistance in York, United Kingdom. The contract has been awarded to Fera Science Ltd, with the procurement stage currently marked as 'award'. Significant dates include the award date of 8th July 2026, and the contract period from 1st August 2026 to 31st March 2029, with a potential extension until 30th June 2029.

This tender presents robust opportunities for growth, especially for businesses with expertise in research and development services concerning public health and environmental surveillance. Firms with the technical capacity, domain knowledge, and stakeholder partnerships will find this project particularly suitable as it requires a direct and specified approach involving OSMA and OSD technologies. The procurement method involved a direct award due to Fera Science Ltd's unique qualifications. Companies adept in managing complex scientific projects, mitigating associated risks, and offering innovative solutions in the public health domain could leverage such contracts for establishing or expanding their services in the public sector.

## Notice

The FSA intends to award a contract for delivery of a research and evidence project to strengthen the FSA's environmental surveillance capability for foodborne disease (FBD) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The project will generate robust, transferable evidence to support a One Health approach to environmental surveillance, demonstrating the feasibility, operational value and cost effectiveness of combining a One Sample Many Analyses (OSMA) approach with targeted On Site Diagnostic (OSD) technologies, using environmental samples that are already collected across government. The requirement is to deliver a structured, phased programme of work that enables the FSA to determine where and how OSMA and OSD approaches provide added value relative to existing laboratory based, single organisation surveillance models, and where they do not. The emphasis is on evidence generation, evaluation and decision support, rather than deployment at scale.

### Procurement Information

Fera is the only supplier with the necessary combination of technical capability, domain knowledge, data access and established stakeholder relationships required to deliver this programme.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063995-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Jul 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 7 Jul 2026 |
| Contract period | 31 Jul 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £1,575,933 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY |
| Locality | YORK |
| Post town | York |
| Postcode | YO1 7PR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE2 North Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE21 York |
| Local authority | York |
| Electoral ward | Guildhall |
| Westminster constituency | York Central |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | FERA SCIENCE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

## Release History

- 8 Jul 2026 at 09:17 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063995-2026
- 8 Jul 2026 at 09:02 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063969-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063995-2026
  8th July 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063969-2026
  8th July 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.food.gov.uk/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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