Development and expansion of existing food price modelling system

There is a need for Defra to better understand the impact of food price changes on consumers health and welfare, which has become more pressing in light of increasing pressures from modern society. <br/><br/>This research has 6 main objectives:<br/><br/>1. To make an incremental improvement to the accuracy and usefulness of the current food price modelling systems by using the most updated data sets provided by the Authority (unless tenderers are a market research, market data and marketing consulting agency, then you will need to provide your own data set at your own cost – see Data Requirements and Sharing).<br/><br/>2. To identify the impacts of food price movements on household affordability, welfare, and dietary habits through the creation of an analytical model.<br/><br/>3. To analyse the effects of food price movements on consumer behaviour amongst economically and socially disadvantaged groups in England.<br/><br/>4. Upon provision of a list of options by Defra, to prioritise possible options for policy interventions targeted at food affordability and accessibility.<br/><br/>5. To produce a variant of the current food price modelling system to analyse the impact of food price drivers in a period of heightened food price volatility.<br/><br/>6. To improve functionality of the modelling system to produce results on sector-led basis, thus improving granularity of data.