PS22008 - Land Use Platform A Holistic Assessment of Agriculture and Land Use Strategies to Achieve Net Zero

The final date and time for bidders to request the RFP documents is Thursday, 31st March at 14:00pm.

The final date and time for the submission of bids is Friday, 1st April 11:00am.

Aims

This study aims to identify current evidence in the land use and agricultural sectors, and evidence gaps in order to frame and develop a much larger programme of research. Furthermore, it will set out the available options to achieve net zero (or better) in agriculture and land use within the constraints of government's legal requirements, policy ambitions and aspirations. It aims to assess the implications of these potential solutions to identify which pathways are most acceptable to policy and public. The study should be undertaken and presented at UK scale.

The outputs of the scoping study will inform the development of a much larger, multi-annual cross Defra/BEIS research platform to further develop evidence in this space via targeted primary research, and the development of new data sets, tools and integrated models. This project will be separately tendered in lieu of the results of the present study.

Contract for Land Use Platform A Holistic Assessment of Agriculture and Land Use Strategies to Achieve Net Zero. Please refer to RFP documents for full details of this requirement. Additional information: DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER

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Closing date and time for Bidder to request RFP documents: 14:00pm, Thursday, 31st March 2022.

Closing date and time for Bidder to submit their response ('the deadline'): 11:00am, Friday, 1st April 2022.

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