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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the “Authority”, is seeking to appoint a Contractor to provide Services for undertaking the British Survey of Fertiliser Practice (BSFP) for Great Britain, Annual data will be sought via two surveys covering the periods 2018/19 and 2019/20. The contract will commence on 9.4.2018 and end on the 31.3.2020, with optional extensions at the Authority's discretion for a further two consecutive 12 month periods to undertake the 2020/21 and 2021/22 survey. The survey is required to produce results on fertilizer and organic manure usage that are representative at national country level (including Scotland) for the main crops. To provide a pattern of fertilizer and organic manure usage by crop, the Contractor will collect data at an individual field level within a holding. Information should be collected for all crops treated on every holding sampled. The Contractor will produce the sample design. The Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra), the “Authority”, is seeking to appoint a Contractor to provide Services for undertaking the British Survey of Fertiliser Practice (BSFP) for Great Britain, Annual data will sought via two surveys covering the periods 2018/19 and 2019/20. The contract will commence on 9.4.2018 and end on the 31.3.2020, with the potential to extend for a further two consecutive 12 month periods to undertake the 2020/21 and 2021/22 survey. The use of fertilizers and manures plays an important role in maintaining crop growth and quality, helping farmers grow crops in an economic fashion. However, their use can potentially also have other consequences, for example, water pollution. It is government policy, therefore, to carefully monitor usage to assess these impacts and to inform the development and monitoring of policy at national and European Union level. Data on fertilizer and manure usage and related practices have been collected for many years through the annual British Survey of Fertiliser Practice (BSFP). This information is used extensively for policy making and by industry to monitor best practice. The data from the survey also form an important part of the ammonia emissions inventory, are used to inform the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory and the development of GHG mitigation measures. The Contractor will collect and produce information on the use of fertilizers and manures in Great Britain. Work on this activity is directed by the Authority in liaison with the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government.