Published date: 2 September 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 17 September 2021, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Agricultural services - 77100000

  • Services incidental to agricultural production - 77110000

    • Composting services - 77120000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£15,000

Procurement reference

WWF-UK/CF021/096

Published date

2 September 2021

Closing date

17 September 2021

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

27 September 2021

Contract end date

31 January 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

To help us progress our work with the WWF-Tesco Innovation Fund (full background below) we are looking for an external party to help us facilitate interactions between key Tesco suppliers and innovators who have solutions around two priority topics: animal feed, reducing GHG emissions on farm and agricultural nature-based solutions. Critical to the success of a proposal will be a demonstrated ability to bring in a network of relevant innovators as a key aspect to the project, as well as the ability to communicate and influence through established networks on innovation and the importance to achieving changes to the food system.
The facilitation (or 'match making') should allow key Tesco suppliers to connect and build relationships with innovators that they might not have come across. We hope that in a handful of instances, this will lead to the development of a clear plan to scale up an innovator's solution in a supplier's own operations and/or supply chain.
We anticipate the facilitation will take the form of one or two online events (e.g. 1-2 hours each), however we very much welcome ideas on how this can be done most effectively.
Although we have already identified some innovators that we could invite, a key element of this work will be leveraging your strong network of relevant innovators. All innovators should have a product or concept that is approved and ready to go, and needs scaling in a 'real life' supply chain.

Outputs, timing and budget

• Delivery of an effective process that results in a competitive application for use of the Innovation Fund resources.
• The available budget for delivery of this work is ~£15k-£30k. including VAT.
• The goal is to have this project kick off in late September, with identification of successful proposals in January/February 2021.


Project governance and response instructions

This project is being initiated by WWF-UK and Tesco, with input from expert advisors. We invite proposals
from interested parties. Proposals should be maximum 6 pages in length and include:
• Your approach and proposed method to address the Objectives, Scope and Outputs.
• A project plan detailing proposed scope and timeframes.
• Details of relevant experience.
• A fee proposal including total days and day rates for each member of staff who will work on the
project, and any non-staff/travel/ancillary costs.
• Names and CVs of all staff who will work on the project, and proposed roles (can be beyond the 6
pages).

Deadline for submission: Friday 17th September 2021
Decision to be made/consultant appointed by: Friday 24th September 2021

More information

Attachments

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement

Address

The Living Planet Centre,Brewery Road
Woking
GU214LL
England

Email

procurement@wwf.org.uk