Published date: 29 November 2023
This notice was replaced on 8 March 2024
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Awarded contract (published 8 March 2024)
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Contract summary
Industry
Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000
Location of contract
West Midlands
Value of contract
£40,000 to £60,000
Procurement reference
IA3267
Published date
29 November 2023
Closing date
24 January 2024
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
7 February 2024
Contract end date
30 May 2024
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The overarching objective of this commission is to challenge and recommend the role our County Farms Estate takes as a contributor to the Staffordshire economy. It should consider if our farms estate is making the right contribution to our economy and to understand if the farms can work harder (to generate financial return) and how, and if this can relate to/support biodiversity and environmental gain and supporting innovation for the farming sector, including our climate change objectives and wider benefits to the Staffordshire.
Primary Focus (the main effort)
The Council would like to commission a review of Defra's Case Study work alongside the New Entrant Support Scheme (to be published in the Autumn) identifying its impact on the County Farms Estate and how best SCC should respond from a strategic perspective.
Secondary Focus
The review should also incorporate a high-level sense check of the work undertaken that includes:
• The potential to release County Farm land to support strategic scale housing and employment development
• Utilisation of County Farm Estate to explore Solar PV energy generation
• Partnership arrangements with local universities and colleges to explore Agri-tech as a component of Local Industrial Strategy.
• Hydroponics: has technology improved to overcome the constraints of sunlight requirements.
• Net Zero by Nature: using the Farm Estate to mitigate the County Councils residual Carbon emissions.
Tertiary Focus
The review should also provide a general commentary on any relevant opportunities highlighted within the UK Government policy paper, 'Unleashing rural opportunity. How the government plans to support growth and prosperity in rural areas' published in June 2023, and also in respect of the Councils own Rural Strategy 2023.
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About the buyer
Contact name
Mark Parkinson
Address
Tipping Street
STAFFORD
ST162DH
England
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