# FS616026 NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORY for Foodborne Virus including 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 - Centre for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Science
- Award value: £344,826
- Award date: 16 June 2021
- Published: 16 June 2021
- Contract start: 16 June 2021
- Contract end: 31 March 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 1a6d27af-c7b1-4d10-93e6-5c6918eea73e-444245
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ddf3cb40-59d4-44a6-aa05-62fe4a627188

## Description

The appointed laboratory will carry out the provision of services for the UK National Reference Laboratory for Foodborne Viruses\. The NRL for Foodborne Viruses plays a vital role in protecting consumers from illness that could arise from the consumption of unsafe foods, by providing specialist advice and technical support to the UK enforcement process for food\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1a6d27af-c7b1-4d10-93e6-5c6918eea73e-444245)