Published date: 18 July 2019

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


Closing: 17 June 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£15,000

Procurement reference

tender_204609/784154

Published date

18 July 2019

Closing date

17 June 2019

Contract start date

22 July 2019

Contract end date

9 September 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

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

Expanded polystyrene may have significant negative impacts on the general environment when it is discarded after use. The Government wishes to assess what the economic, environmental and social impacts would be of a possible ban of the items used as food and beverage containers, in England, weighing these impacts against the resultant environmental benefits.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Assessing the Economic Impacts of a Potential Ban on Expanded Polystyrene Food and Beverage Containers

  • Opportunity
  • Published 20 May 2019

Attachments

Additional text

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Award information

Awarded date

12 July 2019

Contract start date

22 July 2019

Contract end date

9 September 2019

Total value of contract

£15,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Resource Futures

Address

Create Centre, Smeaton road, Bristol, BS1 6XN, UNITED KINGDOM

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

17 Nobel House
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Telephone

00

Email

Network.Procurement@defra.gov.uk