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VFU041-GEN - Long term improvement in environmental data for food

Waste & Resources Action Programme · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 3 Oct 2026, 23:57.

Opportunity overview

University of Oxford are uniquely positioned to deliver this work because the requirement is to generate data that directly fills gaps in the HESTIA database. As the owner and custodian of this database, Oxford hold the technical expertise, infrastructure, and rights necessary to ensure consistency, accuracy, and integration of the new data. No reasonable alternative provider could undertake this work without access to the database, making a direct award the only viable option.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Published award value
£696k
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-PPON PTVC-9174-PZNM
Location
Oxford, UKJ14, OX1 2JD, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-066664
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Oxford University are uniquely positioned to deliver this work because the requirement is to generate data that directly fills gaps in the HESTIA database. As the owner and custodian of this database, Oxford hold the technical expertise, infrastructure, and rights necessary to ensure consistency, accuracy, and integration of the new data. No reasonable alternative provider could undertake this work without access to the database, making a direct award the only viable option.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
prototypesDevelopment
Entry 2
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights
Entry 3
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Waste & Resources Action Programme
Id
GB-PPON-PCTJ-5948-ZJZV

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PCTJ-5948-ZJZV

Address

Street Address
Ground Floor, Blenheim Court, 19 George Street
Locality
Banbury
Postal Code
OX16 5BH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ14

Contact

Name
Procurement Lead
Telephone
01295584100

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicUndertaking
Description
Public undertaking
Organisation 2
Name
OXFORD UNIVERSITY TRADING LIMITED
Id
GB-PPON-PTVC-9174-PZNM

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PTVC-9174-PZNM

Address

Street Address
University of Oxford, University Offices, Wellington Square
Locality
Oxford
Postal Code
OX1 2JD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ14

Contact

Name
Mr S Barker
Telephone
+44(0)1865-616116

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
71356300
Description
Technical support services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
71621000
Description
Technical analysis or consultancy services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ14
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
696,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PTVC-9174-PZNM
Name
OXFORD UNIVERSITY TRADING LIMITED

Contract period

Starts
1 Apr 2026, 00:00
Ends
1 Jul 2027, 23:59

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
021360-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
10 Mar 2026, 14:15
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
13 Mar 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Banbury · UKJ14 · OX16 5BH · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 021360-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·