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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS

FRAMEWORK CALL OFF AGREEMENT: APPLIED R&D SERVICES - Joint Venture with FERA Science Ltd

R&DCPV 73100000 77100000 90721000
Value£748k
Awarded2 Mar 2015
Published5 May 2016
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£748ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£808k

This is a large award for Research & Development — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 20,405 valued Research & Development tenders in our corpus.

The brief

FPPH is a Research & Development (R&D) project with an overall aim on consolidating plant health research across the Defra Network.

It was set up as a project under ‘One Business initiative’ to join up evidence delivery across the Defra network.

The projects overall aims include: Delivering Technology & Implementation (T&I) solutions in a cost:benefit framework to future-proof plant health - Deliver R&D in support of the Risk Register, preparedness and contingency planning (see Plant Biosecurity Strategy; Task Force Recs); Addressing high priority pests, pathways, commodities, hosts responsively and flexibly - Making best use of unique Defra Network technical expertise whilst drawing on wider external expertise to deliver policy and evidence needs within the context of building capability/capacity

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Deliver R&D in support of the Risk

Deliver R&D in support of the Risk Register, preparedness and contingency planning (see Plant Biosecurity Strategy; Task Force Recs); Addressing high priority pests, pathways, commodities, hosts responsively and flexibly.

02

Making best use of unique Defra Network

Making best use of unique Defra Network technical expertise whilst drawing on wider external expertise to deliver policy and evidence needs within the context of building capability/capacity.

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