Contract for the services of the Association of Chief Trading Standards Officers (ACTSO) to assist APHA in influencing local authorities to deliver an effective animal health and welfare enforcement service in the face of financial pressures so that they remain able to respond to animal disease outbreaks.
ACTSO are integral in a disease outbreak in communicating requirements to over 150 different Local Authorities. The contract is flexible so in the event of a protracted disease outbreak, the resources within it can be directed solely to be used on disease outbreak engagement with Local Authorities.
Dept for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsLondonWAC-406066
Defra has awarded a contract to an organisation to update the 'Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse'.
The Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse was last updated several years ago. It now needs refreshing in order to update references to old legislation and reflect the changed technological, economic and social environment in which Land-Managers now operate.
There is also concern that some of the standards described in the Code of Practice may need clarification, particularly in relation to land with 'special circumstances'.
It is expected that this project will consist of the following (which can be aligned with milestones payments)
- desk-based research
- engagement with stakeholders and
- production of a revised Code
The project will commence in June 2023 and run for four months.
Dept for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsLondonWAC-200594
The provision of livestock sales data to the Authority, APHA (and may include other Executive Agencies of the Authority) as well as the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government. The livestock sales data is collected to provide an average market sales price for livestock (cattle, sheep, and pigs) which fall into specific categories.
The livestock sales data provided will be used primarily to support a cattle compensation system, based on table valuations as well as various other reports required by Defra.
Dept for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsLondonWAC-200073
Undertake research and stakeholder engagement to resolve existing evidence gaps within the Forest Risk Commodities legislation evidence base. This project will particularly focus on supporting effective delivery of the legislation, such as how to minimise risks of leakage or costs to smallholders, mitigations and solutions to those risks and wider research and industry and partner engagement
Dept for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsLondonWAC-81795
Contract for an advisory role to provide technical expertise to support the delivery of Defra's Food Data Transparency Partnership objectives. This is to help facilitate improved consistency, accuracy and accessibility of food and drink supply chain data, including reporting at a scope 3, company and product level.
Dept for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsLondonWAC-378762
This is a PhD studentship for the development of a welfare assessment protocol for kennelled dogs. Welfare assessment of kennelled dogs has been the subject of considerable scientific scrutiny, however research to date has focussed separately on dogs housed in kennels for different purposes. The approach has varied across different populations of dogs and the validation of welfare indicators is limited. A practical standardised scientifically-informed Welfare Assessment Protocol is required.
The aim of this research is to develop bespoke validated Welfare Assessment Protocols for the purposes of both regular routine audits as well as less frequent, comprehensive audits of kennel facilities. The project will use an experimental approach to identify behavioural and physiological welfare indicators associated with different kennel environments, which can be used to assess the welfare of kennelled dogs. The protocols will be validated across a range of different establishments where dogs are housed in kennels.
Dept for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsLondonWAC-23141