Published date: 29 December 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: 3 March 2023, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Supporting services for the government - 75130000

Location of contract

SW3 4QS

Value of contract

£50,000 to £5,000,000

Procurement reference

CF-0024300D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

29 December 2022

Closing date

3 March 2023

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

8 May 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Not applicable

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Paludiculture Exploration Fund (PEF) is a new grant scheme sitting under the umbrella of the Nature for Climate Peatland Grant Scheme (NCPGS) managed and delivered by Natural England.
PEF Grants are to help unlock barriers to the development of commercially viable paludiculture. The focus of the grants offered through PEF is tackling both ends of the supply chain, i.e., the growing and harvesting of paludiculture crops and/or the development of products based on those crops. Land-based projects (including machinery development) must take place on lowland peat soils in England. Product development projects must be based in England, but the paludicultural crops used to develop the product can be sourced from further afield if sufficient supplies cannot be sourced in England.
The intention of PEF is to help develop the evidence base and create the conditions for paludiculture enterprises in England, to facilitate this, outputs generated by PEF Grants will be made available to others. For example, data gathered in your project and/or other knowledge gained could be shared as a case study.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Catherine Hacker

Address

Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green
York
YO1 7PX
GB

Telephone

07557173521

Email

CATHERINE.HACKER@DEFRA.GOV.UK