Published date: 8 August 2019

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 19 August 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

  • Research consultancy services - 73210000

  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services other than for construction - 90711400

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£5,000 to £10,000

Procurement reference

CFWWF/20/002

Published date

8 August 2019

Closing date

19 August 2019

Contract start date

1 September 2019

Contract end date

1 December 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

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

Dependencies of food system transformation on changes in the wider economy and society: Desktop study to develop a conceptual model to inform WWF's priorities and to influence opinion leaders

WWF has set out an ambition to transform the food system so that it restores rather than degrades nature, while providing food and nutritional security.
Our goal is for the UK to lead the changes in the ways that food is produced and consumed so that nature is restored, which benefits people and our planet in the long-term. Our focus is on three main outcomes:

There is a tendency in thinking about food system transformation to think about factors within the food sector and to ignore the fact that some of the problems of the food system can only be solved by changes in the wider economy and society and not by changes in food production and consumption alone.
As a contribution to identifying a path to such a transformation, WWF has identified the dependencies of the food system on processes in the wider economy and society as a potentially important issue. WWF would like to offer some thought leadership in this area.

WWF would like this study to assess whether there are important causes of unsustainability in both the global and UK food systems that lie in the wider social and economic system, outside the food sector, which must be addressed if a transformation of the food system that restores the natural environment is to be achieved
If such wider causes are present, WWF would like to understand the causes and assess how WWF as a global network, and WWF-UK in particular, might usefully intervene to address these causes.

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To respond to this opportunity, interested parties should set out their proposed approach and methodology, their relevant experience and full costs and expenses. All Responses should be submitted to llee@wwf.org.uk by Close of Business on 9th August 2019.

About the buyer

Contact name

Lucy Lee

Address

The Living Planet Centre,Brewery Road
Woking
GU214LL
England

Telephone

44 (0)1483 412448

Email

llee@wwf.org.uk