Expired contract

RDE 395 - Pesticides in honey - analysis of urban honey samples

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
Value: £49,458.29
Duration: 5 months
Topic: Research and development consultancy services
Published: 10 November 2023
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

This package should: • Sub-set honey samples from the 2022 National Honey Monitoring Scheme archive to include samples from May and October, selected from urban dominated landscapes (50 overall) but spanning a gradient of urbansiation. • Quantify residues in these honey samples for key herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides. • Calculate and assess risk quotients for urban honeybee hives, assess what factors may be driving this risk and how this changes over time and across urban gradients, and compare pesticide profiles with those detected in hives from agricultural dominated landscapes. • Integrate eDNA analysis to identify potential pesticide exposure pathways / high risk plant communities in urban environments. This contract was awarded by DEFRA.

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 November 2023
Completed: Award published10 November 2023
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date25 March 2024

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

73200000 · Research and development consultancy services

Decision makers

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