Published date: 30 March 2023

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


Closing: 20 February 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

BS1 5AH

Value of contract

£49,164.50

Procurement reference

CF-0057900D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

30 March 2023

Closing date

20 February 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

27 February 2023

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

The BEID pilot will deliver objective evidence on the most appropriate technology to use for implementing BEID. The pilot will be split into a number of phases, the work in this tender is all in the very first phase
(Harper Adams break this into a number of sub-phases below). Future phases of the pilot will follow this one and will pick up on any identified areas or gaps.

The overall BEID pilot will produce a clear, evidence-based recommendations for the appropriate technology choice to support policy objectives.

This recommendation will be made to the Livestock Information
Transformation Programme board for decision.

To do so, BEID technologies will be stress tested across industry agreed environments.

These technologies must include;

• Low Frequency (LF) technologies (covering both HDX and FDX)

• Ultra-High Frequency (UHF)

• Dual tags (LF and UHF in the same tag) There is a critical legislative timing issue in relation to this decision - whilst all efforts will be made to gather this evidence and undertake this testing, there may be external factors that prevent some of the technologies being tested. This could include commercial availability, data security issues or other external
factors such as disease outbreaks.

Award information

Awarded date

23 February 2023

Contract start date

27 February 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Total value of contract

£49,164.50

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Harper Adams University

Address

Edgmond TF10 8NB

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Felicity Jowett

Address

Horizon House Deanery Road
Bristol
BS1 5AH
United Kingdom

Email

felicity.jowett@defra.gov.uk