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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

DEFRA

RDE 389 - Barriers and Opportunities for Circularity of Plastics

R&DCPV 73200000
Value£50k
Awarded19 Nov 2023
Published14 Dec 2023
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£50ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£561k

This sits in the lower-middle of the Research & Development band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 20,405 valued Research & Development tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Circularity applies to all materials and plastic is no exception.

The entire lifecycle of plastic should be in scope for action, with consideration going to environmental, social, and economic impacts across the system.

It is vital to consider potential trade-offs as well as assessing the timeline for action.

This allows space for technological development and innovation whilst ensuring we remain on the path to circularity.

Additionally, identification of barriers and opportunities helps to determine where our existing powers can act and where we may need to approach certain challenges differently to drive positive change.

The aim of this project is to identify barriers and opportunities to a circular economy for plastics across their entire lifecycle.

This contract was awarded by DEFRA.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The entire lifecycle of plastic should

The entire lifecycle of plastic should be in scope for action, with consideration going to environmental, social, and economic impacts across the system.

02

Additionally, identification of barriers and opportunities helps

Additionally, identification of barriers and opportunities helps to determine where our existing powers can act and where we may need to approach certain challenges differently to drive positive change.

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OCID
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Stage
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