Published date: 6 June 2022

Withdrawn opportunity - This means that the contract has been withdrawn early. This could be due to a change of circumstances.


Closing: 20 June 2022, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products - 03000000

  • Research services - 73110000

  • Environmental services - 90700000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£70,000 to £90,000

Procurement reference

tender_307822/1076097

Published date

6 June 2022

Closing date

20 June 2022

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

1 July 2022

Contract end date

28 February 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

A study is required to explore the impacts of practices and interventions that are adopted under agroecological or regenerative farming systems (including organic) compared to conventional, specialist farming systems. This should include environmental and climate (mitigation and adaptation) impacts, soil health and function, productivity and yield, farm competitiveness and agro-economics and wider impacts such as animal health and welfare, and social and economic implications. Requirements include: a review of the evidence around agroecological farming systems and the interventions typically included within these systems, including mixed crop-livestock systems; the capability to model the impacts at farm, regional and national scale; and an appraisal of key sustainability metrics. It is critical that evidence gaps are identified as part of this process. The second part of this project will be a scoping study consisting of landscape mapping of existing research capacity and initiatives in the UK into agroecological practices to identify gaps and examine the need for a strategic agroecology trials network to generate policy focussed evidence.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

RDE Framework 1 Sub-lot 2.3: Evaluating the productivity, environmental sustainability and wider impacts of agroecological compared to conventional farming systems

  • Opportunity
  • Published 1 June 2022, last edited 1 June 2022

About the buyer

Address

Nobel House, 17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Email

DGCEnquiries@defra.gov.uk