Published date: 26 August 2020

Last edited date: 17 September 2020

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 25 September 2020, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Environmental services - 90700000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£50,000

Procurement reference

C20-0440-1475

Published date

26 August 2020

Closing date

25 September 2020

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

28 September 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2021

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?

No

Description

Project Aims
The De Minimis project aims to develop an evidence-based approach for determining when a proposal and the emissions it gives rise to are considered "nugatory" in the context of an in-combination assessment. This should be applicable both for the proposal alone and the likelihood to act together with other emission sources in a context relevant to risk assessment. This work could inform a range of uses from decision-making about new or existing proposals tor broader policy development for when emission sources require more consideration.

What is De Minimis?
Reuters states that De Minimis is "a legal term meaning too small to be meaningful or taken into consideration; immaterial. As a matter of policy, the law does not encourage parties to bring legal actions for technical breaches of rules or agreements where the impact of the breach is negligible. The term de minimis is taken from a longer Latin phrase which translates into "the law does not concern itself with trifles."

How does this apply to ecological risk assessment of air pollution?
In the context of ecological risk assessment for air pollution sources, de minimis is often used to describe the amount of emissions not requiring further consideration as it is negligible in effect. These then are translated into screening criteria where a proposal might

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You are invited by JNCC Support Co (JNCC) to submit a tender for the supply of works or services required under the above project. If interested, you should download and carefully read the documents contained within the zip file or by following the link.

About the buyer

Address

Monkstone House,City Road
PETERBOROUGH
PE11JY
England

Telephone

562626

Email

ContractQueries@jncc.gov.uk

Website

https://jncc.gov.uk/