Published date: 7 September 2023

Last edited date: 26 September 2023

This notice was replaced on 2 February 2024

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 2 February 2024)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Environmental information systems - 90714100

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£10,000 to £40,000

Procurement reference

NEJH_070923_SEB2

Published date

7 September 2023

Closing date

13 October 2023

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

16 October 2023

Contract end date

30 June 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Species Evidence Base version 2 will form a novel, single repository for information on species taxonomy and status, population trends and distribution, habitats, pressures, climate change vulnerability, and recovery actions. We want the tool to be available for use by Natural England staff by July 2024, to inform evidence-led decision making in critical areas of our species recovery work. We require a specialist lepidoptera expert who is able to assimilate a variety of information sources and use their own expert knowledge to complete all data fields in the template spreadsheet for all butterfly and moth species in scope. Work delivery will run from Oct 2023 - Jun 2024.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

To apply for this opportunity you must submit your quotation meeting the requirements detailed in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) attached.
Your response must be sent to william.cole@naturalengland.org.uk by 11:59pm on 13/10/2023.

If you have any clarification questions linked to this opportunity or the procurement process please submit these via email to william.cole@naturalengland.org.uk. Please note that, unless commercially sensitive, both the question and the response will be circulated to all tenderers.

About the buyer

Contact name

William Cole

Address

Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Email

william.cole@naturalengland.org.uk