Expired contract

SuSCrop Joint call on agrobiodiversity

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): NIAB
Value: £102,629
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
Published: 6 April 2023
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

AgroBioConnect aims to investigate the eﬀect of landscape complexity over time and land cover/productivity dynamics on the above and belowground ecosystem services in a range of agricultural landscapes. The relationship between the landscape spatial pattern and the ecosystem services provision will be analyzed using a multiscale/multilevel approach pursued by linking data from satellite remote sensing with biodiversity data collected in the ﬁeld.

Timeline

Completed: Award date27 February 2023
Completed: Award published6 April 2023
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date26 February 2026

About the buyer

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a ministerial department that also buys through agencies such as the Environment Agency, the Rural Payments Agency and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. Suppliers register on the DEFRA eCommercial website, Atamis, to compete for contract opportunities across the department. Larger opportunities are advertised through the Find a Tender service under the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. DEFRA also procures goods and services through the Crown Commercial Service. Existing contracts and frameworks set up under the previous procurement regulations remain valid until they expire.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

03000000 · Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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