Published date: 22 October 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 14 October 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£59,800

Procurement reference

CF-0385500D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

22 October 2024

Closing date

14 October 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

21 October 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Defra leads on climate change adaptation and fulfils the statutory cycle as set out in the Climate Change Act 2008. Part of this Act includes the Adaptation Reporting Power (ARP), which gives the government the power to require certain organisations - 'statutory undertakers' (these provide infrastructure such as utilities, roads and railways) and bodies with 'functions of a public nature' - to report on how they manage the risks of climate change to their delivery and the actions they are taking to adapt to it. The government has a statutory obligation to consult on its strategy for the use of the power ahead of each round of reporting. A fifth round of reporting is due to start at the end of 2026. This research project will provide several key aspects of the evidence base needed to underpin future decisions on how the government can most effectively and efficiently use the power. The overall aim of the research is to provide synthesis and analysis of available evidence in order to determine how well successive rounds of ARP have met the original objectives of the power, how and why the use of the power - and its outputs - have evolved, and how it now fits into the overall sustainability reporting landscape, which has changed dramatically since 2008. This will inform the strategy and approach for future rounds of reporting.

Award information

Awarded date

17 October 2024

Contract start date

21 October 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Total value of contract

£59,800

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Ipsos

Address

3 Thomas More St, London E1W 1YW

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Adrian Ajibade

Address

17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
UK

Email

adrian.ajibade@defra.gov.uk