Published date: 17 May 2022

Last edited date: 9 June 2022

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


Closing: 29 July 2021, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and experimental development services - 73100000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£80,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_244852/1065267

Published date

17 May 2022

Closing date

29 July 2021

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

28 January 2022

Contract end date

28 January 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Defra is awarding a Framework agreement for the provision of Research, Development & Evidence Services.

Research and Experimental Development (R&D) comprises creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications.
Evidence covers a range of sciences including economics, social research, operational research, statistics, natural science, engineering and geography.

The framework is divided into 4 lots, which are additionally divided into sub lots:

Lot 1 Food
sub lot 1.1 - Supporting a resilient and secure food system
sub lot 1.2 - Enabling a productive and competitive agri-food chain
sub lot 1.3 - Safety and Confidence in food
sub lot 1.4 - Supporting a sustainable and healthy agri-food chain

lot 2 Farming
sub lot 2.1 - Crop performance and protection services
sub lot 2.2 - Livestock performance services
sub lot 2.3 - Agronomy, nutrient management and sustainable system services
sub lot 2.4 - Modelling toolkits, informatics and comparative life cycle assessment services
sub lot 2.5 - Farming statistics

Lot 3 Air Quality
sub lot 3.1 - Air quality analysis and expert services
sub lot 3.2 - Air quality monitoring and data
sub lot 3.3 - Modelling tools for air quality studies
sub lot 3.4 - Air quality economics and socio-economic
sub lot 3.5 - Noise research and analysis

Lot 4 Socio-Economic
sub lot 4.1 - Socio-economic


More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Defra Opportunity for Research Development and Evidence Framework 1

  • Opportunity
  • Published 8 March 2021


Award information

Awarded date

31 January 2022

Contract start date

28 January 2022

Contract end date

28 January 2025

Total value of contract

£80,000,000

This contract was awarded to 29 suppliers.

Aecom Limited

Address

Aldgate Tower, London

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Air Quality Consultants ltd

Address

Coldharbour Road Bristol

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Atkins ltd

Address

Woodcote Grove, Surrey

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Bureau Veritas UK limited

Address

Fort Parkway, West Midlands

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Collingwood Environmental Planning Limited

Address

Queens Square Bristol

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

EarthSense

Address

Exploration Drive, Leicester

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Cranfield University

Address

Cranfield, Bedfordshire

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Fera Science ltd

Address

Sand Hutton

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Harper Adams University College

Address

Edgemond

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

ICF Consulting Services Ltd

Address

Queens Street Place, Greater London

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Imperial College Projects limited

Address

Exhibition Road, London

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

The James Hutton Institute

Address

Invergowrie, Dundee

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

LGC ltd

Address

Queens Road, Middlesex

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Market & Opinion Research International (IPSOS MORI)

Address

Thomas More Square, Greater London

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

NIAB

Address

Lawrence Weaver Road, Cambridgeshire

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

University of Northumbria at Newcastle

Address

College Street, Tyne & Wear

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

National Physical Laboratory

Address

Hampton Road, Middlesex

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

The Progressive Farming Trust / Organic Research Centre

Address

Stroud Road, Gloucestershire

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Ricardo AEA ltd

Address

The Gemini Building, Oxfordshire

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

RSK ADAS limited

Address

Spring Lodge, Cheshire

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

SRUC

Address

West Mains Road, Edinburgh

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Sustainable Acoustics

Address

St Georges Yard, Hampshire

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

TRL limited

Address

Crowthorne House, Berkshire

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

UK Centre of Ecology and Hydrology

Address

Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

University of Nottingham

Address

University Park, Nottingham

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

University of Gloucestershire

Address

The Park, Gloucestershire

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Wood Group UK Limited

Address

Justice Mill Lane, Aberdeenshire

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

National Centre for Social Research

Address

Northampton Square, Greater London

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Anderson Acoustics Ltd

Address

15-16 Trafalgar Street, Brighton

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Address

Horizon House
Bristol
BS1 5AH
England

Email

felicity.jowett@environment-agency.gov.uk