Published date: 29 December 2022

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


Closing: 14 October 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and experimental development services - 73100000

Location of contract

SW1P 3JR

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_336848/1161763

Published date

29 December 2022

Closing date

14 October 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

17 October 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

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

We expect climate change to affect the magnitude and frequency of future drought events. This will expose the weaknesses in our current water resource management approaches and add additional uncertainty to future planning and decision making.
We need to respond to this challenge and fill the gaps in our knowledge. The Environment Agency therefore proposes the collation of the latest information about drought in England with reference to UK and international where relevant. The review will seek to answer:
- What do we know about drought?
- What don't we know about drought that we should know?
- How can we improve our understanding of drought?
The aim is to review the state of our understanding of drought, including lessons from the past and
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both current and future impacts to provide new insights and a consistent basis for future work. The project will be managed by the Environment Agency who will award and coordinate several separate contracts to different suppliers, each of whom is an internationally recognised expert in their field. The contracts will be a mixture of thematic reviews, workshop(s), quick-win research projects and cross-cutting topic reviews. The Environment Agency will then consolidate the essays into a single, summary report that it will lead on the writing of.

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Award information

Awarded date

14 October 2022

Contract start date

17 October 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Total value of contract

£25,426.71

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Address

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Defra

Address

17 Nobel House
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Telephone

00

Email

DGCEnquiries@defra.gov.uk

Website

https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk