Award

FCP: Livestock manure and silage storage infrastructure for agriculture (C759F)

  • DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-011918

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04fa72

Published 31 March 2025, 9:37am



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street

London

SW1P 4DF

Email

catherine.hacker@defra.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs

Buyer's address

https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome

one.6) Main activity

Other activity

Document Services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

FCP: Livestock manure and silage storage infrastructure for agriculture (C759F)

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 79131000 - Documentation services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

FCP: Update of the Livestock manure and silage storage infrastructure for agriculture (C759F) guidance.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £150,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 79131000 - Documentation services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The CIRIA Livestock manure and silage storage infrastructure for agriculture (C759F) guide is the definitive industry standard for silage and slurry storage in the UK. It provides comprehensive context and guidance for designing stores (part 1) and sets general industry standards around design, construction and installation (part 2).
This is a one-off procurement for services which may need to be repeated in the future as technology and working practices evolve. This contract is to update guidance last issued in 2015, the updated guidance will cover current best practice, it is highly unlikely the guidance will need significant updates for several years.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Criterian / Weighting: 0

Price - Weighting: 100

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Negotiated without a prior call for competition

  • The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
    • absence of competition for technical reasons

Explanation:

The supplier has sole IPR ownership of the documentation

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section five. Award of contract/concession

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

1 February 2025

five.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

CIRIA

124 City Road

London

EC1V 2NX

Telephone

+44 7710414132

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
National registration number

London

Internet address

www.ciria.org

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £150,000

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £150,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street

London

SW1P 4DF

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs