Published date: 17 January 2019
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Contract summary
Industry
Research and experimental development services - 73100000
Research and development consultancy services - 73200000
Design and execution of research and development - 73300000
Location of contract
South West
Value of contract
£92,500
Procurement reference
METOFC001-DN387196-67807455
Published date
17 January 2019
Closing date
5 March 2019
Contract start date
1 May 2019
Contract end date
31 January 2020
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Not applicable
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
WISER HIGHWAY Research and Fellowship - Terms of Reference
Development of African academic and research capacity to facilitate the integration of local knowledge and terminology, including indigenous knowledge, into weather information and warnings in the Lake Victoria Basin.
Aim
To develop academic and research capability in region, facilitating the increase in uptake and use of weather warnings across target communities and users by making them more relevant and usable, with local knowledge and terminology.
One of the challenges of introducing decision-making weather information to communities is its accessibility and 'local acceptability' to vulnerable people (end-users). Indigenous Knowledge (IK) has developed over many years, has its own vocabulary for terms, and is a fully understood and accepted for decision support by the local communities. The introduction of meteorology as an alternative source of decision-making information is a challenge as it is an unknown quantity and the language is often very technical in nature.
This activity should test the effectiveness of incorporating IK and its vocabulary into the processes of distributing weather information and warnings, in collaboration with African academics and researchers.
This activity will take place alongside pilots on Lake Victoria (in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) testing the delivery of a regional, co-produced Impact-Based Early Warning System for key weather hazards to lake users and communities. Where suitable processes and methodologies are identified, it will develop the guidance and capacity for these to be delivered across the Lake Victoria region.
Stage Target Times
The deadline for submitting clarification questions 8th February 2019 @ 17:00 (GMT)
Bid Return Date through the
Met Office Procurement Portal (Procontract) 5th March 2019 @ 12:00 Noon (GMT)
Evaluation Period 6th - 8th March 2019
Outcome Notification 18th March 2019
Sub-Grant Award Target Start Date 1st May 2019
Sub-Grant Award End Date 31st January 2020
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About the buyer
Contact name
Mel Staton
Address
Fitzroy Road
Exeter
EX1 3PB
England
Telephone
+44 1392885279
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