# FS430818 Inter-laboratory collaborative trial of real-time PCR method for the relative quantification of horse and pork DNA in raw and processed beef

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [The Food Standards Agency](/buyers/the-food-standards-agency/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Fera Science Ltd](/contract-winners/fera-science/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £94,854
- Tender value: £94,854
- Award date: 28 January 2022
- Published: 4 February 2022
- Contract start: 1 February 2022
- Contract end: 30 September 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: a2b6319e-f775-4d60-82ba-84098f8808a0-507433
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-84cb0be1-92ca-4860-88a4-d2a1fe4fc9a1

## Description

Applicants are invited to submit tenders to plan a full-scale inter-laboratory collaborative trial on the methods that were developed under Defra project FA0171 on the quantitation of horse DNA in processed beef and pork DNA in raw and processed beef\. The proposed collaborative studies should follow the principals of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry \(IUPAC\) \(IUPAC protocol on design, conduct and interpretation of collaborative studies\) and the European Network of GMO laboratories \(ENGL\) \(Definition of minimum performance requirements for analytical methods of GMO testing\)\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a2b6319e-f775-4d60-82ba-84098f8808a0-507433)