# Agriculture Value Stream Business Development Lead

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Satellite Applications Catapult](/buyers/satellite-applications-catapult/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £160,000
- Published: 14 October 2019
- Planned start: 6 December 2019
- Planned end: 4 December 2021
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: fd5c6af3-d981-430b-aaa2-112f476cb1bf-319537
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f1bf9532-b7df-4605-86de-c4f4c3d2f4a1

## Description

The Satellite Applications Catapult \(Catapult\) and partners are currently working in collaboration with ESA to create an operational neutral trusted entity \(NTE\) to support decision-makers across the global agricultural supply/value chain \(e\.g\. Investors, Retailers, Traders, Manufacturers, Government, NGOs\) to operationalise deforestation commitments for imported commodities\. The Catapult are in the process of securing funding to deliver a two-year project to support the creation of this entity\. In the project phase, our work will focus solely on supply chain deforestation assessments, but will be designed to evolve longer term functionality for risk flagging and verification in relation to the wider environmental and social footprint of Forest Risk Commodities\.

## Related contract awards

- [IOSM Dynamic Tracking & Updating of Robot Motion](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-76f31a9e-401d-413f-b1d3-796ecaf45bb9): Satellite Applications Catapult
- [Managed Detection and Response \(MDR\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7014b624-d17c-4e4e-be3b-259fd68b6928): Satellite Applications Catapult
- [Reconfiguration of IOSM Yard and Safety System](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2e67824b-549d-4b1d-919b-fb66533093b4): Satellite Applications Catapult

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fd5c6af3-d981-430b-aaa2-112f476cb1bf-319537)