Pipeline Framework: Rapid Evidence Assessment to understand Consumer Attitudes and Behaviours

A pipeline has been launched for Rapid Evidence Assessment to understand Consumer Attitudes and Behaviours.The contract start Date is 21 March 2019. Approach to market date is 30 January 2019.The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) requires a Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA), to support ongoing policy development work, for food production, food consumption and a review of consumer behaviours and attitudes to food. The REA shall provide an update to DEFRA’s evidence base to reflect changing consumer preferences, consumption habits and priorities. The REA shall include new models of food supply and distribution. The evidence will complement DEFRA’s existing research which is used to underpin food labelling policy development, appraisal and enforcement in law, build consumer confidence and strengthen the food economy of the United Kingdom.This is a potential opportunity from the government, and the pipeline gives advance notice of an opportunity that might be offered by the public sector in the future – allowing potential suppliers to plan accordingly. When a public sector organisation publishes a pipeline notice, it does not necessarily mean that an opportunity will be offered in the future.For more information contact: Defra, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR. Email: carl.hinton@defra.gov.uk