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# Process Monitoring and Evaluation of the Sustainable Farm Incentive Pilot

Buyer: DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-0eea4917-43d8-400d-911f-ecde9f543e15

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## Summary

The contract titled "Process Monitoring and Evaluation of the Sustainable Farm Incentive Pilot" was procured by the Defra Network eTendering Portal, and falls under the category of Research and Development Services. This procurement process is currently complete, having followed an open procedure aimed at engaging a broad range of bidders, and was focused on the delivery of Monitoring and Evaluation for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) pilot programme. The tender period concluded on 28th July 2021, while the contract period spans from 13th September 2021 to 12th March 2025, with a total contract value of £500,000. The initiative aims to ensure effective programme delivery in a range of territories, including the United Kingdom and surrounding regions.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses, particularly those in the consultancy and research sectors that specialise in environmental and agricultural services. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) would be particularly well-suited to compete for this project, as the contract requirements include collaborative approaches to programme design and evaluation. Businesses with expertise in project management and analysis related to agricultural policies and sustainability initiatives stand to benefit from the opportunities presented by this procurement, especially with the pilot's relevance to future full-scale environmental management programmes launching in October 2024.

## Notice

This project concerns the design and delivery of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) Pilot. The SFI is one of the schemes being developed within the Environmental Land Mangement (E.L.M.) Programme. Piloting is key to ensuring that we develop an E.L.M. programme capable of delivering against its objectives, as specified in the E.L.M. Outline Business Case (OBC). Piloting supports these objectives in several ways, enabling us to: - Test and refine processes at scale, ensuring that they are suitable for Full Roll-out. Pilot monitoring will inform several strands of scheme design and development, including live changes to the user service; scheme policy design and delivery; and communications to pilot participants and wider stakeholders. - Explore different aspects of the user and administrator experience in the context of a fully operational scheme, thereby contributing to co-design of a final preferred solution. - Build-on proof of concept work via the E.L.M. Tests & Trials (T&T), triangulating conclusions from T&T projects and testing them on a different cohort Farmers were invited to join the SFI pilot via an initial Expression of Interest (EOI), launched on 15th March 2021, with pilot agreements going live from 1st October 2021. The SFI pilot will run through to the launch of the full Environmental Land Management programme on 1st October 2024.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a655b373-0061-42b1-9144-89ec029054d3 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 Nov 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 28 Jul 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 8 Sep 2021 |
| Contract period | 12 Sep 2021 - 12 Mar 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £500,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £467,575 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 3JR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ICF CONSULTING SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

## Release History

- 4 Nov 2021 at 09:40 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a655b373-0061-42b1-9144-89ec029054d3
- 17 Sep 2021 at 09:35 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a655b373-0061-42b1-9144-89ec029054d3

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a655b373-0061-42b1-9144-89ec029054d3
  4th November 2021 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/f9a6992e-74a8-4cbb-bc64-2b8259dda741
  n/a

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