Published date: 8 November 2019

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: 6 December 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

SW1P 3JR

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_222706/811229

Published date

8 November 2019

Closing date

6 December 2019

Contract start date

6 January 2020

Contract end date

3 July 2020

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

Diseases (incorporating invertebrate pests and pathogens) can cause major losses in crop yield and quality which land owners try to minimise by using pesticides, fungicides and, where available, by growing resistant varieties. Within the UK, Statutory Plant Health Legislation is in place to combat new threats from non-indigenous diseases. However, the greater the severity of endemic diseases the less consistent crop productivity is. The incidence and severity of endemic diseases can fluctuate greatly from year to year; being influenced by many things such as climatic variables and the crop itself. Due to the fact that the relative importance of each individual disease varies in this way, annual assessments of their spatial and temporal distribution help in understanding their epidemiology and therefore the targeting of appropriate control measures in response to risk.


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About the buyer

Address

Nobel House
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Telephone

0

Email

network.procurement@defra.gov.uk