Published date: 18 October 2021

Last edited date: 9 November 2021

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


Closing: 1 September 2021, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

  • Environmental services - 90700000

  • Environmental planning - 90712000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£139,847

Procurement reference

tender_240789/1006469

Published date

18 October 2021

Closing date

1 September 2021

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

1 October 2021

Contract end date

31 January 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

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

The main project aims to compare aspects of the environmental performance of different cattle production systems, ranging from conventional part housed and large-scale, fully housed dairy and beef to all-forage based production and including sub-set of organic production. The core method of analysis will apply systems-based environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), using an enhanced version of the Defra-funded Cranfield model.
The main environmental impacts will include greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, water quality (e.g. eutrophication potential) and air quality (e.g. acidification potential, NOx), non-renewable resource consumption, stress weighted blue water consumption and land use. Other areas, such as biodiversity, other non-provisioning ecosystem services and social aspects are out of scope, but are being addressed in a separate RC-funded, CEH-led project (Sustainable economic and ecological grazing systems - learning from innovative practitioners, SEEGLSIP).

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Award information

Awarded date

1 October 2021

Contract start date

1 October 2021

Contract end date

31 January 2022

Total value of contract

£139,847

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Cranfield University

Address

Cranfield, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL

Reference

Companies House number: RC000151

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

DEFRA
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Email

dgcenquires@defra.gov.uk