Tender Results of Defra

RDE 318 - Follow on study to Dual Purpose Cows - GHG Mitigation Rationale-At present we source about 50% of our Beef from dairy beef cross animals, and 50% from specialist suckler beef breeds. Precise statistics are not available, but information can be inferred from the Cattle Tracing System data. The Emissions Intensity of suckler beef is on average 70% higher than that of beef from the dairy herd due to longer maturation times and lower energy diets. Suckler Beef also requires around 2 to 6 times the land to produce than dairy beef, depending on the int...

IHS Membership-IHS Membership

Packaging Innovations Expo Stand Space-This STA is to provide space for a stand so that Defra can attend this years Packaging & Innovations Expo on 12th & 13th February 2025, which will allow us to promote the work done in Resources & Waste programme and liaise with key people from within the UK Packaging sector.

Synergy ERP Cluster Programme Consultancy-Defra has contracted for advisory services to support, challenge and provide insight to ensure: 1) Best practice, lessons learnt and ways of working from Defra's Group Corporate Services model can be extrapolated into the Synergy partnership approach. 2) In scope departments feel collectively connected and have an equal voice in the way the shared services organisation is run and managed. 3) Relevant risks and issues to a partnership agreement are effectively managed as the approac...

Caversham Lakes Gate Repair-Caversham Lakes Gate Repair

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.

Salus fire safety inspection-Review of relevant Stage 4 Design Documents for fire safety and provide Fire Safety Strategy Report and advice.

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 ...

Weybridge Operating Model Review-This new contract it is to carry out a gateway type review of the Weybridge Operating Model on behalf of senior SCAH leadership, covering BAU/maintenance/critical works, though to the TOM for the new capability delivered by SCAH.

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...