Published date: 28 February 2022

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: 18 March 2022, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

  • Research consultancy services - 73210000

  • Services incidental to agricultural production - 77110000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£40,000

Procurement reference

WWF/CF021/0083

Published date

28 February 2022

Closing date

18 March 2022

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

4 April 2022

Contract end date

31 August 2022

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

In summary, restoring and sustainably managing our lowland peatlands is a win for the
climate and nature, but will have impacts on the quantity of food, including vegetables,
produced there. We need to explore the evidence on innovative methods, and new landscapes,
to produce vegetables, to accommodate less peat-based production and any increased demand
for vegetables, without offshoring our impact.



MAIN PURPOSE AND SCOPE



We require a highly experienced consultant or consortium to provide an analysis of the
available evidence on the following questions:

1. What do we grow on lowland peat soils, and are we using this valuable resource
effectively?
2. Where (and how) should the CCC's 25% lowland peat restoration take place to
maximise benefits to climate, nature and food production?
3. What does regenerative vegetable production look like on peat soils?
4. What are the opportunities to relocalise/decentralise our vegetable production to other
areas of the UK? Could this be an opportunity for farmers? Would it provide the
incentive for mixed agriculture to be profitable? What are the trade-offs?
5. If there are opportunities to relocalise/decentralise our vegetable production, what are
the main barriers and what needs to happen to enable this? Government policy?
Sourcing standards? Technical/mechanical innovation?
6. What is the role of innovation and new forms of food production, such as vertical
farming and paludiculture? For diversification for farmers and for food production?

These questions should be explored using a review of available sources, qualitative analysis of
stakeholder views where appropriate and include conceptual and applied case studies that
demonstrate workable solutions to the triple challenge in UK vegetable production.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

WWF UK - THE FUTURE OF UK VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN A TRIPLE CHALLENGE CONTEXT

  • Future opportunity
  • Published 28 February 2022

Attachments

About the buyer

Contact name

Callum Weir

Address

The Living Planet Centre,Brewery Road
Woking
GU214LL
England

Email

cweir@wwf.org.uk