Published date: 14 February 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 14 March 2022, 6pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

  • Research consultancy services - 73210000

  • Services incidental to agricultural production - 77110000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£20,000

Procurement reference

WWF/CF021/0082

Published date

14 February 2022

Closing date

14 March 2022

Closing time

6pm

Contract start date

21 March 2022

Contract end date

27 May 2022

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?

Yes

Description

WWF and Tesco are working in partnership to spearhead change within the food retail sector. A major delivery strand within the Partnership is sustainable agriculture; in particular, addressing the environmental impacts that the UK agricultural sector has on soil health, water quality, biodiversity and greenhouse gas emissions.

Methane reducing feed additives and technologies seem to hold a lot of promise and provide a significant opportunity to decarbonise agriculture. However, the delivery of such promise must be based on robust and transparent science in order to be trusted. Consequently, the WWF and Tesco Partnership wishes commission a consultancy to explore the levels of scientific rigour and openness in the growing methane reducing feed additive (and associated technologies) market, and to establish a set of criteria which should be considered 'best practice', which can be used to inform stakeholders interested in this sector.

Skill Set Required for Consultant/Consortium
• Expert knowledge and experience across all aims and objectives.
• Understanding of UK ruminant sector production, structure and processes.
• Expert knowledge of agri-GHGs, enteric fermentation, methane, the decarbonisation of agriculture and the climate impact of ruminant agriculture
• Understanding of UK agriculture and climate policy.
• Understanding of the UK dairy, beef and lamb supply chains
• Understanding of the climate targets of UK food businesses, and the monitoring, reporting and verification of Scope 3 emissions.
• Specific skills:
• ability to undertake scientific, rigorous research on sensitive subjects.
• in-depth expertise in crystallising complex findings into key deliverable actions.
• ability to synthesise and communicate complex findings and results into clear language suitable for diverse audiences.
• track-record in delivering meetings/workshops to a hybrid model.
• Any subject matter bias or conflict of interest should be declared.

Given the range of skills required, consortia proposals will be welcomed, provided they have a clear, lead consultant.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Callum Weir

Address

The Living Planet Centre,Brewery Road
Woking
GU214LL
England

Email

CWeir@wwf.org.uk