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NCF R&D Trees Symposium - Trees and Forestry Conference: Research-Practice Exchange.

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Buyer Address: Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, UKI32, SW1P 4DF, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Rhiannon Leyden-Preece

Contact Email: rhiannon.leyden-preece@defra.gov.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
direct
Value
76767.0 GBP
Published
31 Oct 2025, 15:35
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
14 Nov 2025, 00:00
Contract End
30 Nov 2025, 23:59
Category
n/a
CPV
73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
University of Gloucester
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

Both Defra’s Nature for Climate Fund and the UKRI Future of UK Treescapes programme complete in 2025. The aim is to host a join symposium in the autumn of 2025 to showcase the research undertaken across both programmes. The target audience will be government policy makers and other end users of the research. To objective of this contract is to pay Gloucester University for the organisation and delivery of a R&D symposium in autumn 2025, in collaboration with the organising committee, consisting of representatives from Defra Trees team, Defra tree health team, the Centre for Forest Protection, Forest Research and the Treescapes Ambassador team.

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Lot 1 SME Suitable: Yes

Awards

Award Title: NCF R&D Trees - Trees and Forestry Conference: Research-Practice Exchange

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