Type of project: Capacity Building Project

Overview: CREW invites proposals for a c. 9-month capacity building project to produce practical guidance for Scottish farmers and growers on how to effectively plan for water scarcity and manage water efficiently for irrigation, to increase resilience to water scarcity.

Budget: Funding available: £88,000 exclusive of VAT (where applicable).

Project Status: Project in procurement.

Call dates: Monday 3^rd March – Tuesday 15^th April, midday.

For more information on this project, please see the project specification.

All applications should be submitted by email to procurement@crew.ac.uk before the deadline. Please use this capacity building project application form.

Annex A in the specification makes reference to UKIA documents. We are aware that the UKIA guidance documents are accessible to members only on the website. SEPA have provided a link where some relevant documents are available water-scarcity-guidance.pdf. If required, inclusion of the purchase of relevant guidance documents on the UKIA website, or 1 year membership to UKAI,  would be acceptable to include as part of the project budget.

GUIDANCE & DOCUMENTATION

• All feedback and queries related to CREW calls should be emailed to procurement@crew.ac.uk by Tuesday 8th April.
• All non-confidential queries and answers will be published on this website.
• All applications should be submitted by email to procurement@crew.ac.uk before the deadline.
• CREW Funding Terms and Conditions have been provided to all eligible Higher Education Institutes and Research Institutes.
• To apply, please use this capacity building project application form.