Published date: 12 January 2022
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products - 03000000
Location of contract
SW1P 3JR
Value of contract
£203,962
Procurement reference
tender_292023/1032088
Published date
12 January 2022
Closing date
11 October 2021
Closing time
11pm
Contract start date
13 December 2021
Contract end date
12 June 2023
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Single tender action (below threshold)
A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.
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
The long-term Defra-funded project on protein efficiency (AC0122) has generated results that are unique & of substantial value from the perspective of nutritional management of dairy cows, in addition to opportunities to reduce N emissions to the environment. The study and results presented have attracted considerable interest from farmers, feed companies, dairy nutritionists, & researchers. The results have been positively received, noting the lack of similar long-term feeding trials in the literature. The project, including the follow on 'biobank' study at the University of Reading, generated a unique data set of individual cow phenotype measurements over multiple lactations with cows fed diets of a constant formulation. Whilst the results 'standalone' in meeting the original objectives of the study, the data generated represent a unique opportunity for further extraction and mining of the data in hand to provide enhanced findings that will help solidify some of the practical implications of the results in terms of implementation and policy. The associated refinement of the data in hand will better place the data for future use through Defra's data service. In addition, the samples available in the biobank represent a unique opportunity to explore the biological determinants of animal variation in N efficiency & potential biomarkers of N efficiency that could be used for herd management & improvements in genetic selection. These biobank 'pilot' study measurements are not expected to provide definitive results, but will help inform future directions & hypotheses for further research in the medium & long term. The proposed research that follows could not be conducted without the data, samples, & knowledge already 'in hand' at the University of Reading.
Differences in both digestion & post-absorptive metabolism may in part explain variation among animals in N utilization efficiency, including differences in both anabolic (protein synthesis)
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Award information
Awarded date
1 December 2021
Contract start date
13 December 2021
Contract end date
12 June 2023
Total value of contract
£203,962
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
University of Reading, School of Agriculture, Policy and Develop
Address
Whiteknights, Reading. Berkshire. RG6 6AH
Reference
No reference - other
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
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