# Sustainable pig production systems \(SCF0207\)

> A sourced UK public-sector contract award published by Defra Network eTendering Portal.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Defra Network eTendering Portal
- Contract winner: [University of Newcastle upon Tyne](/contract-winners/university-of-newcastle-upon-tyne/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £99,981
- Tender value: £99,981
- Award date: 1 August 2017
- Published: 7 August 2017
- Contract start: 1 August 2017
- Contract end: 29 February 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 9a95f1d7-6c0d-4aa5-bb06-0731a4ddbb3b-164311
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ec151003-124f-48a9-8068-e3c89ac06211

## Description

Despite pig farmers' needs for recommendations on how to optimise the balance between apparently conflicting pillars of sustainability \(economy, environment, society\), there is very little on-farm data to support informed holistic decisions\. SusPigSys therefore aims at collecting, summarising and disseminating evidence-based information on successful strategies for improving sustainability in various pig production systems across the EU\. Project outcomes include an integrative on-farm assessment and feedback tool to help pig farmers to improve their economic, environmental, and societal sustainability \(e\.g\. animal health and welfare\), as well as their job satisfaction\. Farmers in all partner countries will be actively involved throughout the project to ensure that outcomes meet farmers' needs\. After researchers and stakeholders have identified points to be addressed, a detailed sustainability assessment protocol will be developed based on existing protocols and including the guidelines provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations\. The protocol will be applied on a total of 70 farms in 7 European countries \(AT, DE, FI, IT, PL, NL, UK\) to generate a database from which a valid, condensed protocol can be developed using multivariate statistics\. The condensed protocol will then be applied on 175 farms with various production systems in 7 countries\. Data from farm visits will be used for developing an integrative analysis toolbox for summarising farm data, and the protocol and toolbox will be linked with an existing international pig production database to allow enhanced benchmarking\. The integrative analysis toolbox will include information on possible trade-offs between the three pillars of sustainability and be integrated in a software to form a farmer decision support tool with farm-individual feedback\. In addition, descriptions of best practices will be published in various formats to help farmers learn from each other across borders\. Additional information: Please note that Defra procurement uses e-tendering, provided by Bravosolutions\. In order to access the Bravo system you will need to be registered\. Could I therefore request that you register on the Bravo portal for Defra\. If you're already registered on the Bravo portal please check that your registration includes Defra, as you have to specify us in order to correctly receive the tender documents\. If you have any problems with the registration process, please contact the Bravo helpline on 0800 368 4850 or alternatively email them at help@bravosolution\.co\.uk\. The link you require for new registration/amendments to registrations is - https://defra\.bravosolution\.co\.uk

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9a95f1d7-6c0d-4aa5-bb06-0731a4ddbb3b-164311)