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Contract Award Notice

Measuring Carbon Impact - Food Hubs

  • First published: 11 January 2023
  • Last modified: 11 January 2023

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Contents

Summary

OCID:
ocds-kuma6s-126350
Published by:
Social Farms and Gardens
Authority ID:
AA78256
Publication date:
11 January 2023
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
No

Abstract

Sustainable Food Procurement for Local Prosperity MEASURING AND DEMONSTRATING THE POTENTIAL CARBON BENEFITS OF USING LOCAL FOOD HUBS TO SUPPLY PUBLIC SECTOR SETTINGS PROJECT INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Working in partnership, Social Farms & Gardens, Open Food Network, Cultivate, Development Trusts Association Wales and Foothold Cymru, aim to demonstrate that the public sector CAN procure efficiently from local producers using methods that benefit the natural environment and local prosperity. Collaborating with Sustainable Food Places Officers in North Powys and Carmarthenshire, two Procurement Hubs are purchasing from local, small-scale growers, aggregating supply and providing produce to the public sector that meets (or exceeds) requirements in terms of ease, cost and sustainability. DEMONSTRATING BENEFIT The project aims to: • Provide data that demonstrates the wider impact to local authorities and other public sector bodies of purchasing from local growers. • Provide data that demonstrates the wider impact to local authorities and other public sector bodies of purchasing from growers using agroecological methods. • Provide data that demonstrates the wider value to local authorities and other public sector bodies of using a local food hub model. We have commissioned two consultants to capture data around: - Nutrient density of local produce (grown agroecologically). - Sustainability impact of local, community-based procurement food hubs assessed within the WFGA framework. The final piece of data we want to capture is around carbon impact of the model. Additionally, we have commissioned BRO Partnership to evaluate the project and the evidence provided by our carbon impact contractor will be included in the final evaluation report. BRIEF OUTLINE Due to the small sample size of this pilot project and the short timeframes within which we are working, we are not anticipating collecting robust data that can be used to prove wide impact of this model. However, all our data collection activity is aimed at increasing the awareness and knowledge of growers, public sector customers and the hub itself to identify improvements to practice and simple monitoring techniques to capture data ongoing. All data will be integrated into the Open Food Network (OFN) platform so that public sector customers can see the added value of products they are purchasing. All data that we capture should be used to demonstrate how this model can help public sector bodies in Carmarthenshire and North Powys to meet their stated aims around carbon, biodiversity, health and local economy. Our long-term strategy is to use the learning from this pilot to develop the model including technological advancements, upscaling growers/producers and empowering local procurement champions within the public sector. The contractor will be required to: • Work with growers involved in the pilot in Carmarthenshire and North Powys. • Understand public sector (including local authorities, health boards, public services boards and Welsh Government) priorities in terms of meeting carbon targets. • Provide training to various parties involved in the pilot on how to measure carbon impact. • Support three growers in each region to measure their carbon impact. • Provide advice and guidance to growers about how to reduce their carbon impact. • Collate and translate data into useful format that can be o integrated into OFN platform, and o used by public sector bodies to demonstrate how this model could help meet their targets o integrated into the pilot project evaluation Additionally, the contractor may be able to: • Share techniques and expertise for measuring wider environmental impact such as biodiversity. • Share baseline data which can be used to demonstrate impact of alternative growing methods and working locally.

Full notice text

CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – NATIONAL

SERVICES

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address


Social Farms & Gardens

Top Floor, 9 Broad Street,

Newtown

SY16 2LU

UK

Alison Sheffield

+44 7752542853

alison@farmgarden.org.uk

https://www.farmgarden.org.uk

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Measuring Carbon Impact - Food Hubs

2.2

Description of the contract

Sustainable Food Procurement for Local Prosperity

MEASURING AND DEMONSTRATING THE POTENTIAL CARBON BENEFITS OF USING LOCAL FOOD HUBS TO SUPPLY PUBLIC SECTOR SETTINGS

PROJECT INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

Working in partnership, Social Farms & Gardens, Open Food Network, Cultivate, Development Trusts Association Wales and Foothold Cymru, aim to demonstrate that the public sector CAN procure efficiently from local producers using methods that benefit the natural environment and local prosperity.

Collaborating with Sustainable Food Places Officers in North Powys and Carmarthenshire, two Procurement Hubs are purchasing from local, small-scale growers, aggregating supply and providing produce to the public sector that meets (or exceeds) requirements in terms of ease, cost and sustainability.

DEMONSTRATING BENEFIT

The project aims to:

• Provide data that demonstrates the wider impact to local authorities and other public sector bodies of purchasing from local growers.

• Provide data that demonstrates the wider impact to local authorities and other public sector bodies of purchasing from growers using agroecological methods.

• Provide data that demonstrates the wider value to local authorities and other public sector bodies of using a local food hub model.

We have commissioned two consultants to capture data around:

- Nutrient density of local produce (grown agroecologically).

- Sustainability impact of local, community-based procurement food hubs assessed within the WFGA framework.

The final piece of data we want to capture is around carbon impact of the model.

Additionally, we have commissioned BRO Partnership to evaluate the project and the evidence provided by our carbon impact contractor will be included in the final evaluation report.

BRIEF OUTLINE

Due to the small sample size of this pilot project and the short timeframes within which we are working, we are not anticipating collecting robust data that can be used to prove wide impact of this model. However, all our data collection activity is aimed at increasing the awareness and knowledge of growers, public sector customers and the hub itself to identify improvements to practice and simple monitoring techniques to capture data ongoing.

All data will be integrated into the Open Food Network (OFN) platform so that public sector customers can see the added value of products they are purchasing.

All data that we capture should be used to demonstrate how this model can help public sector bodies in Carmarthenshire and North Powys to meet their stated aims around carbon, biodiversity, health and local economy.

Our long-term strategy is to use the learning from this pilot to develop the model including technological advancements, upscaling growers/producers and empowering local procurement champions within the public sector.

The contractor will be required to:

• Work with growers involved in the pilot in Carmarthenshire and North Powys.

• Understand public sector (including local authorities, health boards, public services boards and Welsh Government) priorities in terms of meeting carbon targets.

• Provide training to various parties involved in the pilot on how to measure carbon impact.

• Support three growers in each region to measure their carbon impact.

• Provide advice and guidance to growers about how to reduce their carbon impact.

• Collate and translate data into useful format that can be

o integrated into OFN platform, and

o used by public sector bodies to demonstrate how this model could help meet their targets

o integrated into the pilot project evaluation

Additionally, the contractor may be able to:

• Share techniques and expertise for measuring wider environmental impact such as biodiversity.

• Share baseline data which can be used to demonstrate impact of alternative growing methods and working locally.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

90711000 Environmental impact assessment other than for construction
1014 South West Wales (Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion)
1024 Powys

2.4

Estimated Total Value

3 Procedure

3.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4 Award of Contract

4.1

Successful Bidders

4.1.1

Name and Address of successful supplier, contractor or service provider





Mabbett & Associates Ltd

Mabbett House, 11 Sandyford Place ,

Glasgow

G37NB

UK




www.mabbett.eu

5 Other Information

5.1

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

PFH Carbon

5.2

Date of Contract Award

 19-12-2022

5.3

Number of tenders received

2

5.4

Other Information

(WA Ref:128049)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: RDP - Collaborative Growing and Innovative Approaches.

5.5

Additional Documentation

N/a

5.6

Publication date of this notice:

 11-01-2023

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
90711000 Environmental impact assessment other than for construction Environmental management

Delivery locations

ID Description
1024 Powys
1014 South West Wales (Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion)

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

Document family

Notice details
Publication date:
08 November 2022
Deadline date:
07 December 2022 00:00
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Authority name:
Social Farms and Gardens
Publication date:
11 January 2023
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Authority name:
Social Farms and Gardens

About the buyer

Main contact:
alison@farmgarden.org.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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