# FS616026 NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORY for Bacterial Contamination of Bivalve Molluscs

> 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: [Cefas](/contract-winners/cefas/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £454,935
- Award date: 1 April 2021
- Published: 16 June 2021
- Contract start: 1 April 2021
- Contract end: 31 March 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 8b07dae4-85f6-43ae-a613-9699f9b74c26-444235
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a084c07a-108c-407e-91c8-b7a43c7c0faf

## Description

The appointed laboratory will carry out the provision of services for the UK National Reference Laboratory for the Bacterial Contamination of Bivalve Molluscs\. The NRL for Bacterial contamination of Bivalve Molluscs plays a vital role in protecting consumers from illness that could arise from the consumption of unsafe live bivalve molluscs, by providing specialist advice and technical support to the UK enforcement process

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8b07dae4-85f6-43ae-a613-9699f9b74c26-444235)