Published date: 10 November 2023

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 23 October 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£48,808

Procurement reference

CF-0179100D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

10 November 2023

Closing date

23 October 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

24 October 2023

Contract end date

16 February 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

With increasing numbers of bluefin tuna (BFT) in UK waters, this project will conduct a robust,
compact, and targeted evaluation of two small scale BFT fisheries - one commercial fishery trial
(10 licences as of 2023), one recreational CHART (25 licences as of 2022) - focusing on the social
and economic benefits these may provide to UK fishers and coastal communities. Understanding
social and economic impacts or trade-offs is an important consideration under section 25 of the
Fisheries Act (2020) when allocating quota. Therefore, this work should also consider benefits and
challenges under differing quota allocation between commercial and recreational BFT fisheries. The
work should consider how to maximise opportunities and gross value added (GVA) for the
commercial and recreational fishing sectors, for a given bluefin tuna quota. Developing a
quantifiable measure to allow comparison between the commercial and recreational fisheries quota
is considered an essential part of this work.

This contract was awarded by Defra.

Award information

Awarded date

25 October 2023

Contract start date

24 October 2023

Contract end date

16 February 2024

Total value of contract

£48,808

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Risk & Policy Analysts Ltd

Address

Suite C, 2nd floor, The Atrium, St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk NR3 1AB

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

About the buyer

Contact name

Defra Group Commercial

Address

17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
UK

Email

dgc.rdeframework@defra.gov.uk