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LED 4 Food Project - Data Partner

WASTE & RESOURCES ACTION PROGRAMME

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30 Jun 2025 at 21:24

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process conducted by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP), located in Banbury, United Kingdom, involved the award of a contract titled "LED 4 Food Project - Data Partner" within the services sector. This project is an effort supported by Defra to enhance the HESTIA database with impactful environmental data related to the agri-food system. The process followed a direct procurement method, culminating in the award stage. Key dates include the award document publication on 30 June 2025 and the contract period beginning on 9 July 2025, lasting until 28 February 2026. The procurement was awarded to Cool Farm Alliance Community Interest Company, a small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) based in Lincolnshire, UK.

This procurement presents valuable opportunities for businesses engaged in environmental data analysis and agricultural consultancy to consider partnerships. Given its focus on refining agricultural data for environmental monitoring, companies proficient in data management and agricultural sustainability metrics are well-positioned to leverage this tender to expand their market influence and expertise. Companies with experience in working with publicly available databases and those seeking to utilise their data for eco-labelling and emissions reporting will find this contract particularly beneficial for business growth and sector positioning.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

LED 4 Food Project - Data Partner

Notice Description

Since November 2022, WRAP and partners have been working on the LED 4 Food project. This is a Defra funded, multiyear project on improving public data which will be achieved by updating, harmonising and simplifying the Hestia platform, creating an accessible web-based database and testing outputs with UK businesses via UKFDP. Defra needs to understand and report the environmental impact of activities related to the agri-food system. At present, the available data, standards, methodologies and tools for effective monitoring, reporting and validation (MRV) of the environmental impact data from the agri-food system is limited and generally provided by a diversity of disjointed initiatives with differing level of quality. To enable company level scope 3 emissions reporting and food eco-labelling requires accessible, high quality, reliable data sources, standardised for the entire food system. This project aims to support this objective through the production of high quality, trusted data to measure the environmental impact of agricultural and food products and activities within the agri-food system. WRAP are therefore looking to procure a data supplier to work with Oxford University, project partners on LED4Food (VFU041-GEN), to improve the breadth, quality and specificity of environmental impact data for agricultural products and food products on the (publicly available) HESTIA database. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=958743221

Procurement Information

WRAP wish to directly award Cool Farm as they are best placed to deliver this work. They hold the type of data WRAP require to plug gaps in the HESTIA database. Oxford have worked hard to develop this relationship and have been in negotiations with Cool Farm to establish a data sharing agreement. This has not been a straightforward process as private companies are cautious of sharing their data publicly, so we've done a lot of groundwork to get to this point.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-055655
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036266-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK5 - Transparency Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

CPV Codes

79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£30,600 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Jun 20257 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
30 Jun 20257 months ago
Contract Period
8 Jul 2025 - 28 Feb 2026 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
WASTE & RESOURCES ACTION PROGRAMME
Contact Name
Procurement Lead
Contact Email
procurement@wrap.org.uk
Contact Phone
01295 584100

Buyer Location

Locality
BANBURY
Postcode
OX16 5BH
Post Town
Oxford
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Cherwell
Electoral Ward
Banbury Cross and Neithrop
Westminster Constituency
Banbury

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

COOL FARM ALLIANCE COMMUNITY INTEREST

Further Information

Notice Documents

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