Published date: 10 November 2020

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


Closing: 6 May 2020, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Economic research services - 79311400

Location of contract

BS8 1QU

Value of contract

£347,478

Procurement reference

tender_230887/901631

Published date

10 November 2020

Closing date

6 May 2020

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

1 September 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established dynamic purchasing system.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Animal welfare is integral to having a high value livestock sector with high standards and high levels of consumer confidence and trust. Farms with high welfare tend to be well run businesses which are also more resilient and more productive.

Animal health is a critical component of animal welfare, with a number of animal health issues having significant welfare impacts, such as mastitis, lameness and red mite, and providing welfare enhancements on farms could help to prevent or mitigate the impacts of certain endemic diseases. Therefore, understanding the interface between animal health and welfare is critical to identifying any enhancements to welfare on farms.

Responses to the recent "Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit" consultation questions on animal welfare showed that 68% of respondents thought there is a strong case for government funding pilots and other schemes which incentivise and deliver improved welfare.

As part of the 'Health and Harmony - policy statement', the Authority has committed to "develop publicly-funded schemes for farmers to deliver animal welfare enhancements beyond the regulatory baseline that are valued by the public but not sufficiently provided by the market".

To support the development of these schemes, the customer wants to commission research that explores how welfare enhancements can be defined and measured, the impact on farmers' net costs of providing these enhancements and the economic implications of providing public funding to support farmers in this way.

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Award information

Awarded date

8 June 2020

Contract start date

1 September 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Total value of contract

£500,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

University of Bristol

Address

Senate House, Tyndall Avenue,, Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TH, UNITED KINGDOM

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

17 Nobel House
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Telephone

00

Email

network.procurement@defra.gov.uk