Published date: 25 June 2024

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


Closing: 24 May 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products - 03000000

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£18,954

Procurement reference

DVNCC001-DN723754-94253948

Published date

25 June 2024

Closing date

24 May 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

25 June 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

The overall aim of the project is to support farm businesses in Devon to maximise their potential and productivity through regenerative and innovative methods and practices.

Agri-Advisors will be available throughout the length of the programme to ensure consistent support, in addition to specialists and consultants to explore specific topics, testing and knowledge transfer.

The role of the Agri-advisors will be to work with the Project Manager to identify key areas of demand. Provide bespoke 1-2-1 support for beneficiaries. The Agri-advisor will also be required to support farm businesses by using the Innovation Toolkit as an initial diagnostic to the business and potential areas of improvement and/or diversification. In addition to this, the Agri-advisor will need to be able to use the farm carbon toolkit to support farm businesses through an initial carbon audit. This will allow a farm business to understand their carbon footprint, potential areas of decarbonisation and sequestration. It is expected that both audits will take between 8 hours. This should leave a farm business with approximately 10 hours of free support bespoke to the needs of the farm business and their business plan (please see further details in advisor support package below). This may be required early in the programme, but it is expected that it will be available as a consistent form of support - where a farm business can call them when they need them over the length of the programme.

Followed the Restricted Procedure below threshold.


Award information

Awarded date

24 June 2024

Contract start date

25 June 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Total value of contract

£18,954

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

West Devon Business Information Point Ltd T/A Business Informati

Address

17 The Lakeside, Barton Marina, Barton Turn, Barton-Under-Needwood, Burton, DE13 8FN.

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Kiran Mysore

Address

County Hall
Topsham Road
Exeter
EX2 4QD
England

Telephone

+44 1392383000

Email

Kiran.Mysore@devon.gov.uk

Website

http://www.devon.gov.uk