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title: "Climate-smart Dairy: Assessing Challenges, Innovations, and Solutions"
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# Climate-smart Dairy: Assessing Challenges, Innovations, and Solutions

Buyer: DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a5f4a821-c7f4-4b90-b8cd-7981c2e04eae

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## Summary

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra Network eTendering Portal) has awarded a contract for the project "Climate-smart Dairy: Assessing Challenges, Innovations, and Solutions" to University of Bristol, University of Reading, and University of Sussex. The procurement falls under the category of research services and utilises the procurement method "Other - ERA-NET FOSC-SUSFOOD2". The contract period starts on April 1, 2022, and ends on February 28, 2025, with a tender period deadline of August 16, 2021.

This tender opportunity offers business growth prospects for organisations involved in research services, particularly in the field of climate-smart dairy innovations. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are well-suited to participate in this procurement process, given the project's focus on assessing climate-smart dairy solutions and stakeholder engagement for a sustainable dairy system in the UK. The opportunity presents a platform for businesses to contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the food systems sector while fostering innovation in dairy production methods.

## Notice

Food systems are responsible for one third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Dairy production is a significant contributor to those emissions and, given that global demand for dairy is projected to increase, there is an urgent need to reduce emissions from this sector. For example, a clearer understanding of the functioning and acceptability of climate-smart innovations that can be implemented along the dairy supply chain can contribute to achieving the UK's climate-neutral ambition by 2050. This project aims to assess challenges, explore innovations, and create new solutions to achieve a climate-smart dairy system in the UK. Using a multi-actor, multi-disciplinary approach, we will explore interconnections and consequences of climate-smart innovations within the dairy system. We will use a stakeholder approach to co-design innovations that will subsequently be evaluated using an experimental approach in which we explore consumers' perceptions and willingness to pay for climate-smart innovations. We will survey farmers to assess the current level of adoption of these innovations, and the constraints to further adoption. We will conclude our project with a discussion with stakeholders in order to co-create solutions that enable a climate-smart dairy system that is acceptable to all actors from farm to fork.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ae8831bb-071b-4f22-b177-6943a3edb0f3 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - ERA-NET FOSC-SUSFOOD2 |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Jan 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 16 Aug 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 9 Jan 2023 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2022 - 28 Feb 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £166,889 |
| 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 | 3 |
| Supplier names | UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, BRISTOL VETERINARY SCHOOL, FACULTY OF HEA; UNIVERSITY OF READING; UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73110000 - Research services

## Release History

- 10 Jan 2023 at 17:41 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ae8831bb-071b-4f22-b177-6943a3edb0f3

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ae8831bb-071b-4f22-b177-6943a3edb0f3
  10th January 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/fa4ab54c-e7cf-4284-be4b-0508f2ff869f
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/8e3e99c8-476c-42e0-beee-638dcfa3af15
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/a557c562-7b65-40b4-83f7-c0ad584f91d3
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