Published date: 1 February 2023

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


Closing: 7 October 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

SW1P 3JR

Value of contract

£543,314

Procurement reference

tender_283579/1160501

Published date

1 February 2023

Closing date

7 October 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

25 July 2022

Contract end date

24 January 2024

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

Summary
This research will deliver comparative life cycle assessment for a basket of representative key commodities consumed in the UK. Domestic versus overseas production will be contrasted, as will in and out of season production where applicable. Impact 'hotspots' in UK production will be identified. The potential for emerging technology to reduce impacts will be appraised and the wider impacts of at scale adoption of those technologies identified. The findings will inform interventions to enable sustainable productivity growth in domestic commodity production.
Background
Defra aims to make our air purer, water cleaner, land greener and food more sustainable. Defra's mission is to restore and enhance the environment for the next generation, and to leave the environment in a better state. The food and drink industry is the largest manufacturing sector in the UK giving rise to a large environmental impact. The food chain (including agriculture) accounts for approximately 19% of the UK's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions , with just over half being from primary production. For Defra to meet obligations under the Climate Change Act (2008) and 25-Year Environment Plan (25YEP) targets whilst delivering under the UK Clean Growth Strategy, it is necessary to understand where and how the food system can become more productive and where environmental impacts and land-use for food production can be reduced, whilst taking account of socio-economic externalities and wider societal needs. This is also relevant for Defra's White Paper response to the recommendations of an independent review of the food system expected in 2021. Increased global trade in food and an increase in year-round food production has led to increased import to the UK of some food products and greater out of season domestic production of others. Further changes in the provenance of commodities imported into the UK may occur following the UK's withdrawal from the EU.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Commodity Production; Identifying Opportunities for Sustainable Productivity Growth Across the Agri-Food Chain

  • Opportunity
  • Published 24 August 2021, last edited 24 August 2021

Attachments

Award information

Awarded date

25 July 2022

Contract start date

25 July 2022

Contract end date

24 January 2024

Total value of contract

£543,314

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

University of Greenwich

Address

Old Royal Naval College, Park Row, Greenwich, London, SE10 9LS

Reference

Companies House number: 986729

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Defra

Address

Nobel House, 17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Telephone

00

Email

DGCEnquiries@defra.gov.uk

Website

http://defra.bravosolutions.co.uk