Published date: 15 March 2022

Last edited date: 21 March 2022

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: 1 April 2022, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Services incidental to agricultural production - 77110000

  • Environmental issues consultancy services - 90713000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£20,000 to £35,000

Procurement reference

WWFCF/0022/0018

Published date

15 March 2022

Closing date

1 April 2022

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

11 April 2022

Contract end date

11 June 2022

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

Last year WWF-UK published a UK Global Footprint report that calculated the extent to which the UK needs to reduce the environmental impact of UK production and consumption by 2030 in order to remain within planetary limits. WWF-UK is now looking to commission a follow up report to calculate the UK food sector's contribution to the UK's global footprint and identify those stakeholder actions (e.g. consumer, farmer/fisher, business, government) that can best achieve the necessary reductions in this to achieve WWF-UK's goals.

WWF-UK is calling for research consultant proposals to deliver technical and summary reports answering the research questions:
1) What is the 'food footprint' of the UK (and England, Wales and Scotland) - i.e. the contribution of the UK/nations' food system to the UK's global footprint (the environmental pressures and impact of UK production and consumption)?
2) What should the UK (and England, Wales and Scotland) food footprint reduction targets be for 2030 and 2050 to align with the targets of a) reducing the UK's Global Footprint by three-quarters by 2030, b) achieving UK net-zero by 2050 and c) halting and reversing the loss of UK biodiversity by 2030?
3) What are the relative impacts of stakeholder actions (inc. consumers, farmers/fishers, businesses, governments) to reduce the UK's food footprint?
4) What are the economic, social, health and environmental cost-benefits of these actions and the jeopardy of stakeholders not taking them?
5) What is the relative potential impact of each stakeholder group to reduce the UK's food footprint?

Please refer to the attached Request for Proposals document for full details of the intended scope and deliverables, and for information about how to respond to this opportunity. Responses and clarification questions should be directed to Carmel Edwards, Senior Policy Advisor, (email CEdwards@wwf.org.uk). We request that all responses are returned to us by 17:00 on 01 April.

More information

Attachments

  • LPC_WWF-UK_Standard_Contract Nov 2020.doc
  • Contract draft
  • WWF UK prefers to contract these services using the attached Standard Terms and Conditions. Should you wish to propose any alternative terms please advise this when responding to the opportunity.

Additional text

Please note that the email address for correspondence is CEdwards@wwf.org.uk. An incorrect email address was published initially.

About the buyer

Contact name

Carmel Edwards

Address

The Living Planet Centre,Brewery Road
Woking
GU214LL
England

Telephone

01483 412654

Email

CEdwards@wwf.org.uk

Website

wwf.org.uk