Published date: 29 March 2023
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Awarded contract (published 30 March 2023)
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Contract summary
Industry
Research and development consultancy services - 73200000
Location of contract
SW1P 3JR
Value of contract
£44,423.97
Procurement reference
CF-0053400D8d000003VQwdEAG
Published date
29 March 2023
Closing date
7 November 2022
Closing time
11:59pm
Contract start date
1 December 2022
Contract end date
31 March 2023
Contract type
Not applicable
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?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Introduction
UK public sector food and catering could be a powerful lever to support the transition to a more sustainable food system. There is an urgent requirement to understand the impact of different farming production methods and their role in environmental sustainability in order
to inform future Defra policy on public sector food procurement. Defra requires evidence to explore what farming assurance schemes are present in the market that could be described as meeting "higher environmental production standards." There is also a need to understand the current supply and demand of food produced to higher environmental production standards (both under the current scope and wider), and what impact proposed changes in public procurement standards could have on the UK agri-food system.
Aims and objectives
1. DEFRA wishes to understand the evidence relating to farming assurance schemes through:
a. Mapping the farming assurance schemes available in the UK market, including retail-based schemes, and to include what standards and indicators they use that are relevant to higher environmental farming practices.
b. An analysis based on the scheme's indicators and, whether it is likely that the investigated schemes result in higher environmental production standards
c. An estimate of current coverage, in terms of number and type of farms signed up, for these schemes and volume of production by product category.
d. An understanding of what data and tools are available that quantifies the environmental impact of the different assurance schemes and farming practices or
improvements, both at a UK farm level and at a global level.
2. DEFRA wishes to understand the evidence relating to the effect of proposed procurement requirements on the supply of higher environmentally produced food and associated impacts, specifically:
a. Market share and quantity of food currently produced to higher environmental production standards (of UK produced and globally imported food), and how this compares to the quantity required to fulfil proposed procurement requirements for a minimum of 20% of UK food spend to meet higher environmental production standards. This should include some modelling of the potential change in supply of food that meets required standards as a result of possible changes in government standards for food procurement
b. Modelling of the potential scale of impact that this proposed policy may have on the makeup of UK domestic production, particularly the potential effects on environmental impact, reduced yields, resource efficiency, land use change and risk of importation.
Award information
Awarded date
24 November 2022
Contract start date
1 December 2022
Contract end date
31 March 2023
Total value of contract
£44,423.97
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
Cranfield University
Address
Cranfield, Bedfordshire,
MK43 0AL MK43 0ALReference
None
About the buyer
Contact name
Felicity Jowett
Address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
Bristol
BS1 5AH
UK
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