Published date: 14 September 2022

Last edited date: 5 October 2022

This notice was replaced on 6 April 2023

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Awarded contract (published 6 April 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£2,000 to £3,000

Procurement reference

SEB-FUNGI

Published date

14 September 2022

Closing date

7 October 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

17 October 2022

Contract end date

27 February 2023

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

The Species Evidence Base (SEB) will contain novel and useful information on species that can be queried and analysed. It will provide a command of the underlying species evidence, representing the first steps towards holistic species recovery within Natural England's Nature Recovery Network. It does so by centralising species information in one place in a novel and new way. This Species Evidence Base (SEB) will focus on important species listed in Environment Act targets, notably those associated with the abundance target and the extinction rate target. 

We require specialists to gather the data for Fungi that includes 125 species (Species listed in Annex 1). Evidence gathered for each species is split into five categories: Trends, Habitats, Pressures, Climate Change and Actions.  In total there will be approximately 50 fields that need addressing for each species (Provisional fields and parameters list in Annex 2) .  

For most fields, there will parameters on what can be entered- either Yes/No or multiple choice based on a range. Supplier will fill out the fields based on their current knowledge and understanding for each species. We do not expect there to be existing evidence for all the fields for all species and expect that supplier will use their expertise and experience of Fungi to provide their best estimate.  

For more information on the HWNS tool or this project, please refer to the RfQ

More information

Attachments

Additional text

To apply please respond to the attached Request for Quotation no later than 07/10/22. All queries must be sent by 03/10/22. These should be sent to both jon.webb@naturalengland.org.uk and patrick.shannon-hughes@naturalengland.org.uk

About the buyer

Contact name

Patrick Shannon-Hughes

Address

Natural England
County Hall, Spetchley Road
WORCESTER
WR52NP
England

Email

patrick.shannon-hughes@naturalengland.org.uk