Research and Development Framework

Overview

Lots (6)

• Chemistry

  Lot A - Chemistry Primary quantitative research and analysis All types of primary quantitative research. To exemplify, primary methods may include (but not be limited to): · Method development · Application and validation of methods and techniques · Adaptation and extension of existing techniques · Associated work such as: securing samples, interpreting data and results, · Analyses, reporting and the generation of key scientific eoutcomes and recommendations from the work To include, but not be limited to methods and approaches that enable the development of methods for the analysis of pesticide active substances, impurities and co-formulants in pesticide formulations, and of residues of pesticide active substances and metabolites in food and feeds

  £1,600,000Won by FERA SCIENCE LIMITED

• Ecotoxicology

  All types of secondary analysis. To exemplify, methods may include (but are not limited to): · Desk research · Literature reviews · Quantitative summaries · Systematic reviews · Horizon scanning · Plus analyses, reporting and the generation of key scientific evidence, regulatory developments and recommendations from the work. Topics may include • Birds • Mammals • Aquatic (including sediment) organisms • Bees and other polinators • Non-target arthropods • Soil organsims • Non-target plants • Biopesticides • Endocrine disruption • Effect modelling • Linking exposure and effects • New technology • Risk assessment for precision agriculture • Climate change • Bioaccumulation • Biodiversity • Protection Goals • Risk mitigation • Novel / alternative application methods • Chemical mixtures and mulitple stressors • Landscape scale assessment • Sublethal effects • Community and ecosytstems

  £6,400,000Won by FERA SCIENCE LIMITEDWon by RSK ADAS LIMITEDWon by RICARDO-AEA LIMITEDWon by ENVIRESEARCH LIMITED

• Efficacy

  • Evidence on the impact of selection pressures exerted by the use of plant protection products on resistance development and the mechanisms of resistance. Informing the development of resistance management strategies to support sustainable crop production. • Evidence on developing novel and integrated approaches for the control of pests, weeds and diseases, taking into account any adaptation and mitigation measures arising from climate change, and what impact this may have on efficacy regulatory requirements. • Evidence on the impact of different application technologies on the efficacy of plant protection products, including impacts on resistance development, and what changes or adaptations to efficacy regulatory requirements may be needed. • Evaluating the scope of new technologies for assessing biological parameters in efficacy field trials. • Evaluating the current and changing status of target species, cropping practices and PPP availability to inform the assessment of the agronomic relevance of PPPs and establish future challenges for pest and resistance management. • The impact of formulation chemistry on the biological efficacy of PPPs

  £3,200,000Won by FERA SCIENCE LIMITEDWon by RSK ADAS LIMITED

• Fate and Behaviour

  All types of secondary analysis. To exemplify, methods may include (but are not limited to): · Desk research · Literature reviews · Quantitative summaries · Systematic reviews · Horizon scanning · Model or software development · Plus analyses, reporting and the generation of key scientific evidence, regulatory developments and recommendations from the work. · Proactive secondary collection (e.g. contacting organisations via phone/web to gather evidence and examples of practice - which may include interviews) Topics may include • Degradation • Sorption • Environmental fate and behaviour in soil, water, sediment, air • Routes of environmental exposure • Spray drift • Runoff • Drainflow • Groundwater leaching • Long range transport • Plant uptake • POPs and PBTs • Exposure modelling • Scenario development • Surrogate crops • Linking exposure and effects • New technology • Drones • Novel / alternative application methods • Crop specific exposure assessments • Hard surfaces • Biopesticides • Metals • Metabolites • Unextracted residues • Climate change • Risk mitigation • Higher tier modelling • Spatial assessments • Landscape or catchment scale exposure assessments • Water treatment processes • Environmental monitoring • Exposure assessment goals

  £6,400,000Won by FERA SCIENCE LIMITEDWon by RSK ADAS LIMITEDWon by ENVIRESEARCH LIMITEDWon by SILSOE SPRAY APPLICATIONS UNIT LIMITED

• Residues

  All types of secondary analysis. To exemplify, methods may include (but are not limited to): · Desk research · Literature reviews · Quantitative summaries · Systematic reviews · Horizon scanning · Plus analyses, reporting and the generation of key scientific evidence, regulatory developments and recommendations from the work. Topics may include • Impact of new application techniques, including drones on residue levels in crops • Storage stability • Metabolism in plants and animals, including fish • Extraction efficiency • Uncertainties within the residues assessment, MRL setting and consumer risk assessments • Residue trial parameters, and their impact on residue levels • Proportionaility/ scaling of residues • Crop to crop extrapolations • Impact of processing • Residues in rotational crops • Residues in honey and other bee products • Residues in fish, including the diets of farmed fish • Consumption data • Approaches to consumer risk assessments

  £1,600,000Won by FERA SCIENCE LIMITED

• Toxicology Secondary Analysis

  All types of secondary analysis. To exemplify, methods may include (but are not limited to): · Desk research · Literature reviews · Quantitative summaries · Systematic reviews · Horizon scanning · Plus analyses, reporting and the generation of key scientific evidence, regulatory developments and recommendations from the work. Topics may include • Acute toxicity • Skin and eye irritation • Skin sensitisation • Phototoxicity • Repeated dose toxicity • Genotoxicity • Carcinogenicity • Reproductive toxicity • Developmental neurotoxicity • Endocrine disruption • ADME and dermal absorption • Modelling • In silico tools • TTC approach • NAMs • Epidemiology • Uncertainty • NGRA • Protection Goals • Risk mitigation • Risk communication • Co-formulants • 3Rs • Chemical mixtures • Biopesticides • Antimicrobial resistance • Effects on the gut microbiome • Dose setting and maximum tolerated dose • Kinetically-informed maximum dose

  £3,200,000Won by FERA SCIENCE LIMITEDWon by RICARDO-AEA LIMITED

Award outcome

Awarded value

£8,000,000

Award date

21 August 2025

Contract period

20 August 2025 → 20 August 2029

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