--- title: "Nitrogen and phosphorus excretion calculator tool for pigs and poultry" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-2f8f4784-297d-40e0-a206-3da96bb7dcae" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-2f8f4784-297d-40e0-a206-3da96bb7dcae" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2f8f4784-297d-40e0-a206-3da96bb7dcae.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2f8f4784-297d-40e0-a206-3da96bb7dcae.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS" published: "2022-09-08" --- # Nitrogen and phosphorus excretion calculator tool for pigs and poultry Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2f8f4784-297d-40e0-a206-3da96bb7dcae [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-2f8f4784-297d-40e0-a206-3da96bb7dcae) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2f8f4784-297d-40e0-a206-3da96bb7dcae.json) ## Summary The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs is seeking specialist technical knowledge to develop a Nitrogen and phosphorus excretion calculator tool for pigs and poultry units in the UK. The project aims to assist operators in accurately reporting nitrogen and phosphorus emissions to comply with environmental regulations. The procurement deadline for quotations is 16:00 on 30th September 2022, and the contract period is from 17th October 2022 to 31st March 2023. This tender opportunity is relevant to businesses providing industry-specific software packages. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with expertise in environmental compliance and agricultural sectors would be well-suited to compete for this procurement opportunity. The procurement method is an open procedure below the threshold, with a contract value of £25,000 GBP and the location is in Chippenham, England. ## Notice "The Environment Agency regulates and advises on various aspects of the agriculture sector including large-scale intensive pig and poultry units through the Environmental Permitting Regulations. Environmental permits are required for farms with more than 40,000 poultry places, more than 2,000 production pig places or more than 750 sow places. This regulatory regime ensures that emissions from these activities do not have an unacceptable impact on nearby protected habitat sites, nor contribute excessively to the national inventory of emissions. Permitted farms are required to meet the Best Available Techniques (BAT) Conclusions for the Intensive Rearing of Poultry or Pigs (IRPP) sector. The latest version of this document was published in 2017 (available here) and sets out new requirements to monitor and report emissions from permitted farms for comparison with the BAT-associated levels. This included a requirement for all operators to report emissions of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) excreted in livestock manures on an annual basis. This project links to this BAT requirement to report N and P emissions and the need for additional support for operators to enable accurate calculations of livestock N and P emissions in livestock manures. The implementation of the 2017 Best Available Techniques (BAT) conclusions for the IRPP sector required operators to monitor total nitrogen (N) and total phosphate (P) excreted in livestock manures and report these emissions on an annual basis. The BAT associated excretion level is expressed as Kg N or P2O5 excreted/animal place/year. The BAT conclusions provide two available techniques for measuring N and P emissions in livestock manures; one being manure analysis and the other being calculation by using a mass balance of nitrogen and phosphorus based on feed intake, crude protein and total phosphorus content of the diet, and animal performance. We are seeking specialist technical knowledge to understand the most appropriate calculation method based on the mass balance technique highlighted in the BAT conclusions and develop a simple tool. The purpose of this project is to develop a simple calculator tool to assist operators with the calculation of N and P excretion to enable them to accurately report these emissions to the Environment Agency for compliance checks against the BAT-associated total N/P excretion levels. " Additional information: "You are invited to quote for the above in accordance with the attached documents. Instructions on what information we require you to provide is in Section 4 of the Request for Quotation document. Your response should be returned to the following email address by 16:00 on 30 September 2022: alice.waterson@environment-agency.gov.uk Many thanks for your interest in this project." ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9a832464-1066-4594-a4e1-c8a5c565df61 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 8 Sep 2022 | | Submission deadline | 30 Sep 2022 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 16 Oct 2022 - 31 Mar 2023 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £25,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS | | Locality | CHIPPENHAM | | Post town | Swindon | | Postcode | SN14 0AB | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire | | ITL 3 | TLK72 Wiltshire | | Local authority | Wiltshire | | Electoral ward | Chippenham Sheldon | | Westminster constituency | Chippenham | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 48 - Software package and information systems ### Codes - 48100000 - Industry specific software package ## Release History - 8 Sep 2022 at 14:37 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9a832464-1066-4594-a4e1-c8a5c565df61 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9a832464-1066-4594-a4e1-c8a5c565df61 8th September 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/8a827504-feea-4021-a072-b8056c863f68 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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