RDE 431 - Establishing a knowledge and data Exchange Network

Contract summary

Industry

• Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£49,900

Procurement reference

CF-0189400D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

22 November 2023

Closing date

13 November 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

14 November 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

The overall aim of this project is to collect and analyse data and knowledge from farms to better understand the
effectiveness of IPM approaches on farm yield and profitability. The aim of the first part of this project, covered in a
separate proposal document, was to establish the network framework for and secure engagement of a small sample of
IPM-practicing farms that will collect and share data about their farm (including IPM practices). The second part of this
project aims to work with the network to collect the data and produce an assessment of the effectiveness of IPM
approaches on farm profitability and yield. This is the focus of this document.
The objectives of the second part of the project are to:
1. Collect, process, and clean data from the sample of farms based on the framework and initial members
established in Part 1.
2. Analyse the data from the sample to assess the effectiveness of IPM approaches on farm profitability and yield.
3. Disseminate findings

This contract was awarded by DEFRA.

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Award information

Awarded date

14 November 2023

Contract start date

14 November 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2024

Total value of contract

£49,900

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

RSK ADAS Limited

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About the buyer

Contact name

Defra Group Commercial

Address

17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
UK

Email

dgc.rdeframework@defra.gov.uk