Published date: 20 December 2022
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Contract summary
Industry
Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000
Location of contract
SW1P 3JR
Value of contract
£0
Procurement reference
tender_311774/1160189
Published date
20 December 2022
Closing date
27 July 2022
Closing time
3pm
Contract start date
12 September 2022
Contract end date
30 March 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
Fertilisers and edible oils are two specific commodities which are being affected by global supply disruptions. The price of mineral nitrogen (N) fertilisers has risen by an unprecedented amount over the past year, due to supply chain issues including the price of natural gas and influenced by the conflict in Ukraine. Global fertiliser supply is very likely to remain unpredictable for the foreseeable future, impacting the UK domestic production including the availability and quality of raw materials for food processing and manufacture. A decrease in the use of Nitrogen fertilisers also entail a significant impact on crop quality. For example, fertiliser use is related to the protein content of grains (e.g. gluten), which offer many important functional characteristics of bread and some types of pastry production; and are required to meet milling specifications for flour and optimum quality and functionality in baking.
The war in Ukraine is also causing significant disruption to the global vegetable oil market, requiring substitution of sunflower oil with other oils to meet consumer demand e.g. for processed foods. Edible oils (e.g. sunflower, rapeseed, olive oil, soya bean and palm oil) are crucial in food production, manufacture and processing with a wide range of functions impacting on the behaviour and property of food during processing, storage and shelf life, as well as on nutritional and sensory properties.
To review the impacts of current global supply chain challenges on the food systems focussing on two specific areas. This work will:
- assess the potential impacts (across the supply chain) of (i) a reduction in the use of nitrogen fertilisers (N) on UK crops and (ii) edible oil substitutions; and in parallel
- assess the short-term risk of disruption (immediate to 6-months) to the supply of critical food chain dependencies (CDs) arising from current global challenges.
Award information
Awarded date
27 July 2022
Contract start date
12 September 2022
Contract end date
30 March 2023
Total value of contract
£94,391
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
Campden BRI (Chipping Campden) Limited
Address
Station Road, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, GL55 6LD, UNITED KINGDOM
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Defra
Address
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
England
Telephone
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