Awarded contract

Building the Evidence Base for the Due Diligence Legislation

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): Emily Fripp and Associates Ltd t/a Efeca
Value: £150,000
Topic: Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published: 18 June 2024
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

To provide research and stakeholder engagement to resolve existing evidence gaps within the Forest Risk Commodities legislation evidence base. This project will particularly focus on supporting effective delivery of the legislation, such as how to minimise risks of leakage or costs to smallholders, mitigations and solutions to those risks and wider research and industry and partner engagement Lot 1: To provide research and stakeholder engagement to resolve existing evidence gaps within the Forest Risk Commodities legislation evidence base. This project will particularly focus on supporting effective delivery of the legislation, such as how to minimise risks of leakage or costs to smallholders, mitigations and solutions to those risks and wider research and industry and partner engagement

Timeline

Completed: Award date6 June 2024
Completed: Award published18 June 2024
Current notice

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. 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.

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

Decision makers

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