--- title: "Scoping study to assess the resilience of the UK's cold supply chain to rising and extreme temperatures" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-ec636305-f5ac-4d31-8b5b-fce6a5d92500" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-ec636305-f5ac-4d31-8b5b-fce6a5d92500" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-ec636305-f5ac-4d31-8b5b-fce6a5d92500.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-ec636305-f5ac-4d31-8b5b-fce6a5d92500.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "THE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE" published: "2024-05-08" --- # Scoping study to assess the resilience of the UK's cold supply chain to rising and extreme temperatures Buyer: THE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ec636305-f5ac-4d31-8b5b-fce6a5d92500 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-ec636305-f5ac-4d31-8b5b-fce6a5d92500) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-ec636305-f5ac-4d31-8b5b-fce6a5d92500.json) ## Summary The Committee On Climate Change is inviting tenders for a scoping study to assess the resilience of the UK's cold supply chain to rising and extreme temperatures. This procurement falls under the Research and development services category, with a contract value of £80,000 GBP. The tender period closes on 16th May 2024, and the contract period is scheduled from 27th May 2024 to 9th September 2024. The study will focus on analysing the resilience of critical sectors in the UK, particularly the cold supply chain, in response to climate change risks. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses specialising in research and development services to contribute to assessing climate change impacts on supply chains. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are encouraged to participate. By undertaking this scoping study, businesses can gain valuable insights into climate change adaptation measures for the UK's cold supply chain and contribute to building a more resilient and sustainable future. ## Notice The CCC is currently collecting evidence and preparing its advice for the Fourth Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA4), due for publication in 2026. This will look to assess the risks the UK faces today and in the future, and assess adaptation actions that can be taken to reduce these risks. As part of CCRA4, we will be developing a new output to complement the Technical Report, as produced in previous CCRAs and assesses the range of risks and opportunities facing the UK from climate change and the urgency for adaptation in the next five years. This output - to be known as the 'Well-adapted UK report' (WA report) - will focus on the potential for key adaptation actions to reduce the climate risks threatening the achievement of key UK policy and societal outcomes and hence set out a vision for aspects of a well-adapted UK. The WA report aims to provide a policy-relevant evidence base on effective systemic adaptation scenarios, their costs and benefits (and how these are distributed across society) and the investment needs to deliver on them. One aspect of the WA report will consider the resilience of particularly critical sectors in the UK, and to inform these assessments we are commissioning analysis to assess the required level of resilience to minimise future rising risks associated with climate change, including quantification of a cost-optimal level of resilience. One of the areas we are assessing in depth is the resilience of cold supply chains in the UK. We would like to better understand how climate change could disrupt the UK's supply of essential goods that rely on a temperature-controlled supply chain. Specifically, we are interested in assessing the exposure, vulnerability, and resilience of the UK cold chain to temperature related climate hazards and evaluating cost optimal adaptation measures for the sector. We anticipate that the scale and complexity of the UK's cold supply chain will be difficult to analyse effectively in its entirety, so we propose developing a 'component analysis' which looks in depth at a range of tangible 'parts' of the supply chain to help build a national level picture of risk exposure and paths to resilience. We will be commissioning this research in two parts. The purpose of this specification is to commission Part 1 - a scoping study to develop the evidence base through a 'component analysis' covering a range of specific 'parts' of the cold supply chain which would be assessed in detail in a potential follow-on study (Part 2 - to be commissioned separately following completion of this scoping study). **** See Specification for more detail **** Additional information: UPDATE - 08.05.24 - Revised Specification - no changes to content other than to align closing date to the 16th May 24 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/78fbdc3e-e6db-41c9-ad41-f9eea837201e | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 8 May 2024 | | Submission deadline | 16 May 2024 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 26 May 2024 - 9 Sep 2024 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £80,000 | | 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 | THE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1H 0ET | | 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 | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ### Codes - 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ## Release History - 8 May 2024 at 08:44 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/78fbdc3e-e6db-41c9-ad41-f9eea837201e - 17 Apr 2024 at 15:02 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/78fbdc3e-e6db-41c9-ad41-f9eea837201e ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/78fbdc3e-e6db-41c9-ad41-f9eea837201e 8th May 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/5b3e5930-95d3-4dca-a149-7a6862a6722d Specification - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/651d7380-ba02-4685-8d21-dd2f602745e9 ITT - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/38b666ed-c06e-4cc9-bb13-c5dc2ddd876b T&C's - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/e8eefb72-cae3-4caf-b9db-e2eb1e720740 Specification - no changes to content other than to align closing date to the 16th May 24 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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