Tender Results of Defra

Pewsey Down Pump House & Solar RIBA 2-4 Design-The requirement is for Design and Project Management services associated in connection with the construction of a new pump house and associated photovoltaic technology at Pewsey Down NNR.

RDE 497 - Food waste reporting: consumer costs survey (large businesses)-To gather evidence from large businesses who already report and non-reporting businesses who would be in scope of a food waste reporting policy, in order to answer key questions on: • What percentage, if any, of the direct cost increases from food waste reporting have been passed through to customers? • Have businesses seen cost savings from food waste reporting, and if so, what percentage have been passed through to customers? • For businesses that are not yet reporting but expect to - do they ...

Assessing the feasibility of painting offshore wind turbine blades as a mitigation for seabird collisions-Defra wishes to commission a project to further understand the feasibility and practicalities of painting turbine blades, giving regard to commercial feasibility and the risk of unintended consequences. Some potential issues have been identified previously in discussions with offshore wind developers and others have been reported anecdotally. These are set out in more detail below. This project will need to consider these issues in detail, as well as any other concerns that are raised b...

B61a Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS) calibration and verification 2024-B61a Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS) calibration and verification 2024

Supplementary services - Helpston Remediation support-This DPEL is supplementary to the existing DPEL 61539_035 and sets out additional works requested by the Environment Agency in relation to this project. The works comprise Ecological and Arboriculture assessments, preparation of an Environmental Action Plan and corresponding site visits

RDE399 - Global review on effective fisheries climate adaptative management-The Joint Fisheries Statement committed the UK Government to deliver 43 Fisheries Management Plans (FMP). In compliance with the Climate Change Objective within the Fisheries Act, these FMPs have the potential to include management measures that support the fisheries to adapt to the changes brought about by climate change. Equally, through the UK's National Adaptation Plan, Defra has a responsibility to enhance the resilience of fish stocks by integrating climate change into Fisheries Manag...

New pedestrian gates for the main entrance to the Weybridge site-New pedestrian gates for the main entrance to the Weybridge site

RDE 522 - UK Ocean Sustainability Data and Monitoring: A Theory of Change-The project will deliver a rapid Theory of Change with a focus on mapping the strategic objectives of each programme, their interaction, and their potential overlap. This will culminate in the identification of an optimal route to progress programmes while mitigating the risk of duplicated resources and effort, or perpetuating siloes which these programmes seek to dissolve. The contract was awarded by DEFRA.

SRoC TCM (Strategic Review of Charges Tactical Charging Model) 2024-A unified platform capable of delivering SOA integration, business process, API lifecycle management, operational decision management. Transforms and consolidates data making it accessible to websites, systems, and partners. Aggregation of real- time information from multiple sources driving maximum benefit from data assets. Assured integration with partners using secure identity access management.

RDE 451 - IPM instructional videos-In order to encourage farmers and growers away from prophylactically spraying pesticides to their crops, we need to be able to inform them of the alternative strategies and more importantly how to implement them effectively. IPM covers a broad range of strategies from using forecasting to predict incidence and timing of a pest to targeted spraying of pesticides only where and when needed to growing disease resistant varieties. When discussing barriers to IPM with farmers, they oft...