Extending the Cost of Food Crime Analysis: Additional Case Studies and Assessing the Impact of NFCU Activity

Food Standards Agency

Key dates and value

Status: Open
Submission deadline: 12 Nov 2026
Published: 15 Oct 2026
Estimated value: £100k
Contract start: 1 Dec 2026
Contract end: 31 Mar 2028
Location: York, Yorkshire and the Humber
Notice type: UK4

Overview

Food crime poses a significant cost to the UK economy, estimated to be between £410 million and £1.96 billion per year . Food crime encompasses a broad range of activities, including adulteration, substitution, misrepresentation, illegal processing and other forms of fraud that undermine food authenticity and integrity. The impacts of food crime extend beyond direct economic losses, affecting consumer confidence, public trust in the food system and the reputation of the UK food sector. Tenderers are invited to submit proposals setting out how they would deliver research to develop a robust, evidence-based framework and methodology for assessing and communicating the impact of the NFCU on an ongoing basis. The proposal should provide a detailed description of the proposed methodological approach and include a set of clearly defined deliverables comprising: • A final research report, setting out a practical methodology for the ongoing assessment of NFCU impact; • An updated and expanded methodological framework; and • A suite of repeatable public-facing impact measures with practical implementation enabling communicable realised impacts.

CPV codes

79311000 Survey services
79315000 Social research services
79311300 Survey analysis services
73110000 Research services
73210000 Research consultancy services
72316000 Data analysis services

About the buyer

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