Expired contract

Provision of Fast-Tracked Standards, referred to as a Publicly Available Specification ("PAS"), to Assess Safety & Efficacy of Methane Suppressing Feed Products ("MSFPs")

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): BSI Standards Limited
Value: £162,000
Duration: 1 year
Topic: Environmental standards other than for construction
Published: 8 November 2024
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

An agreement with the British Standards Institution to developed a Publicly Available Specification ("PAS") to assess safety & efficacy of Methane Suppressing Feed Products ("MSFPs"). The 2023 Carbon Budget Delivery Plan identifies the use of MSFPs as the single largest potential policy contributor to reductions in agricultural green house gas emissions. MSFPs work by reducing the amount of enteric methane that ruminants emit. Defra announced plans to incentivise the uptake of safe and effective MSFPs once suitable products enter the market (expected from 2025). The PAS will allow MSFPs to be assessed against the Food Additive Regulations. The PAS will allow efficacy and safety of MSPFs to be independently measured and assessed. There is currently no British or International Standard for assessing the safety and efficacy of methane suppressing feed products. See the specification for a full description of this contracts scope.

Timeline

Completed: Award date22 October 2024
Completed: Award published8 November 2024
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date31 January 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

90711200 · Environmental standards other than for construction

Decision makers

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