Published date: 28 June 2017
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Contract summary
Industry
Research and experimental development services - 73100000
Research services - 73110000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£100,000
Procurement reference
tender_141710/594796
Published date
28 June 2017
Closing date
1 May 2017
Contract start date
1 June 2017
Contract end date
31 May 2020
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Other:
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Animal-Future will design strategies for assessing and enhancing the sustainability of animal production systems (APS). Main objectives are (i) Assess the multi-dimensional consequences of innovations on benefits (cash flow, income, jobs, product quality and safety, ecosystem services etc.) and costs (use of scarce natural resources, health and welfare) of APS. (ii) Improve the capacity of European animal sector actors to facilitate sound changes based on a thorough understanding of mechanisms underlying trade-offs between benefits and costs. (iii) Provide guidance co-designed by scientists and animal production actors through which the latter can reinforce their innovation capacity.
To achieve these, the project will (i) Develop a indicator-based decision support tool that will be used for assessing and benchmarking European APS according to benefits and costs induced by innovations (from farm to region, nation and EU27). (ii) Bring together multi-disciplinary research teams and animal production actors (farmers, processors, breeders etc.) using a multi-actor approach and starting from a farm network of intensive/extensive APS across Europe.
The project's relevance to ERA-NET SUSAN stated research areas include: (RA1) Developing and assessing innovations that move farm management closer to the production frontier, while considering fundamental trade-offs with respect to social and environmental dimensions. (RA2) Insights into how animal production sector (from the farm to EU scale) can increase the efficiency of feed utilization, recycle waste and exploit potentials to convert biomass resources not directly edible for humans into high-quality protein sources for human nutrition. (RA3) Transparent and comprehensive accounting for on-farm practices that makes explicit a whole set of benefits and costs, at farm and larger spatial scales, thus raising the awareness of animal sector actors, citizens and policy makers about the often-neglected benefits that animal systems provide to society.
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Award information
Awarded date
19 June 2017
Contract start date
1 June 2017
Contract end date
31 May 2020
Total value of contract
£100,000
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
SAC Commercial Ltd
Address
West Mains Road, Edinburgh, MIDLOTHIAN, EH9 3JG, UNITED KINGDOM
Reference
None
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
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