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# Evidence Review: International comparisons of higher environmental production standards in public sector food procurement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/evidence-review-international-comparisons-of-higher-environmental-production-standards-in--ocds-h6vhtk-065fbb). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS: "Evidence Review: International comparisons of higher environmental production standards in public sector food procurement". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-gov-d7)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - unknown
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £49,985 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/evidence-review-international-comparisons-of-higher-environmental-production-standards-in--ocds-h6vhtk-065fbb#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-065fbb`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/evidence-review-international-comparisons-of-higher-environmental-production-standards-in--ocds-h6vhtk-065fbb#tl-md)

## Description
The Government has a manifesto commitment which sets ambition for at least half of all food purchased by the public sector to be produced locally or certified to higher environmental standards. Our aim is therefore to develop evidence-based policies to increase the amount of environmentally sustainable food in the public sector to support delivery of the manifesto commitment and maximise the benefits derived from the £4.9bn annual public spend on public sector food procurement. Defra would like to develop an understanding of how other World Trade Organisation (WTO) signatory countries define HEPS, as well as the strategies used by them to increase the proportion of HEPS-equivalent food (organic or integrated farm management certifications) procured by the public sector. This includes considering the extent to which increased domestic production of HEPS-equivalent food is instrumental in increasing the procurement of HEPS-equivalent food in the public sector or, conversely, how increasing HEPS-equivalent targets in public procurement affects domestic HEPS-equivalent production and key markets.
Increasing our understanding and evidence base of what has worked elsewhere, what needs to be true to replicate successes and how the UK situation differs will enable us to draw from established examples in developing our own approach to increasing the proportion of HEPS food in the public sector in England.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73200000

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Eunomia Research and Consulting Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-174625`
  - Value: £49,985 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Evidence Review: International comparisons of higher environmental production standards (HEPS) in public sector food procurement (active)
  - Signed Value: £49,985
  - Signed Date: 25/02/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018491-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-02T14:11:56.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T20:05:42.069Z
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