Published date: 11 October 2018

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: 9 November 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

  • Environmental services - 90700000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_191382/718880

Published date

11 October 2018

Closing date

9 November 2018

Contract start date

10 December 2018

Contract end date

29 March 2019

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?

No

Description

Following the UK referendum decision to leave the European Union, there is both a strong need to input to development of replacement UK chemical regulations, and an opportunity to develop more effective and bespoke approaches to environmental protection. In particular, Defra and the Environment Agency are focussing on developing better regulatory tools to deliver chemicals legislation requirements, and ensuring that environmental considerations are understood and incorporated appropriately into the UK regulatory response.

This is directly relevant to the recently published Defra 25 Year Environment Plan (25 YEP), which highlights specific areas of focus as minimising the risk of chemical contamination in our water, and developing an early warning system for future chemicals of concern.

In order to achieve this and expand our abilities in the future, Defra plans to target resource at selected activities that provide greatest progress to meeting these aims. A key area for this work plan, and the tendered project is development of our understanding of the fate of POPs emissions in the environment, and the key areas to target remediation.

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About the buyer

Address

17 Nobel House
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Telephone

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Email

network.procurement@defra.gov.uk