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title: "RDE640 Pesticides in honey 2024"
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# RDE640 Pesticides in honey 2024

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-5a4f381c-1ae1-4988-8c24-16c5b442e54b

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## Summary

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has recently completed a procurement process titled "RDE640 Pesticides in honey 2024" under the CPV classification 73200000 for Research and development consultancy services. The contract, valued at GBP 103,570.49, was awarded on 10 October 2024 to the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH). The procurement method utilised was selective, specifically via a call-off from a framework agreement. The contract period will begin on 1 November 2024 and conclude on 21 March 2025, with services to be delivered across multiple locations including British Overseas Territories, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, United Kingdom, Europe, and other international regions.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses specializing in ecological research, environmental consulting, and related services. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are encouraged to consider similar opportunities for growth and partnership with government bodies such as Defra. Businesses with expertise in studying the impact of pesticides on pollinators, particularly honeybees, would find this contract particularly relevant. Engaging in such contracts contributes to understanding and mitigating environmental issues, thereby expanding business capabilities and demonstrating corporate responsibility.

## Notice

Pollinating insects play an important role in ecosystems and provide a crucial service to the agricultural, horticultural, and gardening sectors. Pollinators provide approximately PS0.5 billion to the UK in ecosystem services from agricultural yield improvements alone (Steele et al., 2019). However, UK pollinators are in decline, and they are vulnerable to impacts from pesticide use, which has been shown to influence bee behavior and survival (Stanley et al., 2015). In addition to honeybees, there are at least 1500 species of insect pollinators in the UK including c. 250 species of bee. Honeybees are normally managed in hives by beekeepers, although wild colonies can exist. Others, like many species of bumblebees, solitary bees, moths, butterflies and hoverflies, live in the wild. Additional data and research are required to understand the impact of pesticides on honeybees and other pollinators. This is particularly true for understanding the post-authorisation exposure risk seen by honeybees under real world field conditions, which are hard to predict in the conventional ecotoxicology phases of the regulatory process. The National Honey Monitoring Scheme (NHMS) collects honey samples from across the UK from volunteer beekeepers, and currently has an archive of c> 3000 temporally and spatially explicit samples. Whilst these honey samples are not routinely tested for pesticides as part of the NHMS programme, this resource has been developed and trialed through Defra funded projects over the past four years as a cost-effective monitoring programme for assessing long-term trends in the quantified exposure of pesticides to honeybees under normal field conditions.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/99a37a6b-b87f-440c-92a8-942c75e1804a |
| 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 | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 11 Oct 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 25 Oct 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 9 Oct 2024 |
| Contract period | 1 Nov 2024 - 21 Mar 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £103,570 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £103,570 |
| 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 | DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS |
| 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 | UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY (UKCEH |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services

## Release History

- 11 Oct 2024 at 11:26 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/99a37a6b-b87f-440c-92a8-942c75e1804a

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/99a37a6b-b87f-440c-92a8-942c75e1804a
  11th October 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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