Notice Information
Notice Title
Consultancy Opportunity: Evaluation of the Tesco UK Farm Assurance Framework
Notice Description
'Sustainable agriculture' is one of three components within the 'Restoring Nature in Food Production' pillar of the Tesco/WWF Partnership. The Partnership is addressing the environmental impacts that the UK agricultural sector has on soil carbon, water quality, biodiversity and greenhouse gas emissions. Together, we are driving the uptake of more sustainable practices through farm advice on the ground and by engaging in policy-based and finance-based advocacy. Market-based levers, such as through farm assurance schemes like Red Tractor, offer a direct way for Tesco and WWF to drive improvements in environmental outcomes from agriculture. WWF and Tesco wish to commission a consultant to undertake an evaluation of Red Tractor in order to assess the gap between the Red Tractor standards and best practice, and understand impediments to achieving changes to on-farm practices through Red Tractor implementation. In addition, we would like the consultant to consider the degree to which requirements of Tesco's Sustainable Farming Groups (SFGs) for UK producers contribute to advancing environmental outcomes. The output from this piece of work will be a short paper with recommendations. We are looking for a consultancy solution that can demonstrate expert knowledge of the literature which identifies best practice agri-environmental farm management practices, expert knowledge of agri-environmental regulations, and in-depth interviewing expertise and ability to undertake research on sensitive subjects. For further information, please refer to the attached Terms of Reference. Please submit your proposal by midday, 27th January 2020 to the WWF-UK contact named below. Your proposal must contain: - Your approach and proposed methodology to address the Objectives and Tasks - An analysis of how you fulfil the required skill set - Names and CVs of all staff who will work on the consultancy, and proposed roles - A fee proposal including: o Total days and day rates for each member of staff who will work on the consultancy o Any travel/ancillary costs o Your VAT status with VAT, if applicable, clearly identified Additional information: Please submit your proposal by midday, 27th January 2020 to the WWF-UK contact named above. Your proposal must contain: - Your approach and proposed methodology to address the Objectives and Tasks - An analysis of how you fulfil the required skill set - Names and CVs of all staff who will work on the consultancy, and proposed roles - A fee proposal including: o Total days and day rates for each member of staff who will work on the consultancy o Any travel/ancillary costs o Your VAT status with VAT, if applicable, clearly identified
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-2035d418-9e31-42b1-9fa1-99f7328aecf4
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0b0e1b6a-f443-4724-a482-48a39c7622b5
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
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- CPV Codes
73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
77110000 - Services incidental to agricultural production
90713000 - Environmental issues consultancy services
90721100 - Landscape protection services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £15,000 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Dec 20196 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 27 Jan 2020Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 5 Feb 2020 - 31 Mar 2020 1-6 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WWF-UK (WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE) TRADING LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WOKING
- Postcode
- GU21 4LL
- Post Town
- Guildford
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ25 West Surrey
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Woking
- Electoral Ward
- Horsell
- Westminster Constituency
- Woking
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0b0e1b6a-f443-4724-a482-48a39c7622b5
16th January 2020 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/96abdafd-c37c-419b-96cb-b576ed8021f0
Terms of Reference (Farm Assurance Framework Evaluation)
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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