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Exploring stakeholder perceptions of behavioural priorities.

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS

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28 Mar 2025 at 19:27

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Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has completed a procurement process for a project titled "Exploring stakeholder perceptions of behavioural priorities." This social research services contract, valued at £45,020, was awarded to ICF Consulting Services Limited. The project involves developing and testing a behavioural prioritisation methodology to support Defra's environmental and net-zero goals. The contract period began on 27th January 2025 and concludes on 31st March 2025, covering regions including British Oversea Territories, Channel Islands, Europe, Isle of Man, Rest of the World, and the United Kingdom. This procurement was executed through a selective method, specifically a call-off from a framework agreement, and it aligns with Defra's wider prioritisation workstream aimed at enhancing policy outcomes through behavioural systems thinking.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in social research services, particularly those with expertise in environmental and behavioural studies. SME and VCSE organisations are well-suited to compete for similar opportunities, especially given the complexity and interdisciplinary nature of the tasks involved, such as assessing environmental impacts and prioritising behaviours. By participating in such contracts, businesses can contribute to substantial environmental policy advancements and collaborate closely with government bodies, potentially leading to long-term partnerships and further procurement opportunities.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Exploring stakeholder perceptions of behavioural priorities.

Notice Description

Behavioural change is an important delivery lever to achieve the governments environmental and net zero targets. Stakeholders play a key role in helping to achieve these goals and targets, either through their own actions or as delivery bodies or trusted messengers, interacting with their audiences including the general public. Given the complexity and diversity of policies covered under Environment Act and net zero, there is a need for simple and clear messaging on actions that stakeholders and the public can take in supporting delivery of environmental and net zero goals. Due to the complex nature of the environmental impacts of behaviour change, where any given behaviour impacts multiple environmental endpoints, there is a dearth of previous work to prioritise pro-environment behaviours. We have good confidence in current research around the climate mitigation potential of behaviours (e.g. Ivanova et al., 2020). However, assessing the impact of behaviours on other environmental policy areas (water quality, nature recovery, resource use etc.) is difficult to quantify with the same confidence as these impacts may involve complex systems such as causal loops and positive and negative spillovers. This work fits into a wider prioritisation workstream. In short, the workstream aims to help Defra officials understand what behaviours contribute to delivery of Defra's environmental goals; how those behaviours can be prioritised for delivery and communications; what methodologies are available for prioritisation; how these methodologies can be applied in Defra and stakeholder context; and how feasible and acceptable such prioritisation is to stakeholders. A key project under this workstream is a year long academic fellowship. The fellowship project (May 2024 - March 2025) is focused on using behavioural systems thinking to improve policy outcomes. A literature review which examined the co-benefits and trade-offs of net-zero and pro-nature behaviours identified a methodological evidence need around the prioritisation of pro-nature behaviours, primarily due to the complexity faced by any given behaviour resulting in multiple environmental endpoints. A behavioural prioritisation methodology has been developed in response to this evidence need (see section 2.5), some of which will be tested in this research

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-3e7d23d6-5004-468f-9612-d96940f502cb
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/897133a7-ecda-4436-a833-eb25e271cefc
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Call-off from a framework agreement
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

CPV Codes

79315000 - Social research services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£45,020 Under £100K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£45,020 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Mar 202511 months ago
Submission Deadline
20 Feb 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
18 Feb 20251 years ago
Contract Period
27 Jan 2025 - 31 Mar 2025 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1P 3JR
Post Town
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

ICF CONSULTING SERVICES

Further Information

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