CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

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Title

Rapid Evidence Assessment - Dairy

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Description of the goods or services required

AHDB is looking to secure the services of a supplier to build on the work already commissioned to expand the evidence landscape for practices applicable to the dairy sector.

The selected supplier will be provided with the evidence standard guidance developed by the AHDB and the overall picture of the evidence landscape for dairy farming from the previous review.

The supplier is required to translate the Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) information produced into content that can be used by farmers, and for use within the Evidence Store.

Detailed service requirements

a. Provide REAs on practices that reduce GHG emissions and increase carbon storage according to AHDB’s draft Evidence Standards. The REAs should cover the practices previously identified for dairy but not taken through to REA stage, and any additional practices you identify

b. Outline where there are existing evidence syntheses and the nature of these syntheses

c. Translate REAs into narrative summaries for each practice that can be presented to farmers and growers

d. Outline where there are gaps in the evidence base

e. Outline where there are future data developments and technologies

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=110019.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

Indicative budget: £50,000 maximum, exclusive of VAT

3 Conditions for Participation

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Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

Ref CF 2020/80

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Time Limits

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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

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Additional Information

(WA Ref:110019)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: The Dairy Improvement Programme (DIP) is made possible through the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which is funded by the Welsh Government and the European Union.

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice