Published date: 22 November 2022

Last edited date: 22 November 2022

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


Closing: 21 October 2022, 11am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£79,600

Procurement reference

tender_317688/1147109

Published date

22 November 2022

Closing date

21 October 2022

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

11 November 2022

Contract end date

30 March 2023

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?

No

Description

***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION *****

This procurement is being concluded following a Open Market tender

Brief Description of Requirement

Eco-labels can guide environmentally conscientious customers to select products and services based on trustworthy environmental and social criteria. This informs purchasing decisions by providing information on environmental footprint of how the products have been manufactured and produced, which is often opaque and complex due to global supply chains. It remains challenging to make sustainable purchase decisions for most of customers.

To date, there are currently no internationally agreed standards for environmental sustainability labelling, and with around 460 eco labels globally there is a growing need for a consistency framework informed by environmental science data to help customers to understand genuinely environmentally friendly products . In addition, there is no agreed measures of product sustainability, e.g., greenhouse gas emission, water use and biodiversity impact etc . As such, the Chief Scientific Officer at Food Standard Agency (FSA) has recently urged an urgent introduction to an eco-labelling system through collaboration between business, academia and government, so that the food system can be set on a path to sustainability. He explained "Transforming the food system into one that is fully sustainable relies on a unified approach to data sharing and food labelling that is both transparent and accurate. The eco-labelling of foods, for example, can enable consumers to compare the environmental footprint of different products and enable them to make choices about the impact this has on their diet. This requires unprecedented level of collaboration between business, academia and government. Developing a single (eco-label) system will require close coordination between business, an enhanced assurance capability for regulators and expert input from behaviour science to be sure the end product is clearly and accurately understood by consumers". He highlighted "there is a golden opportunity now for businesses to work together with each other and the public sector in order to create a coherent voluntary scheme that can be easily morphed into a mandatory one in due course". A mandatory food nutrient label has helped to drive business changes (e.g., reformulation) and made it easier for public to make better informed food choices.

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Award information

Awarded date

3 November 2022

Contract start date

11 November 2022

Contract end date

30 March 2023

Total value of contract

£79,600

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

ICF CONSULTING SERVICES LIMITED

Address

UNITED KINGDOM

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Polaris House, North Star Avenue,
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Email

professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk