Published date: 3 March 2023

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


Closing: 7 October 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£11,000 to £16,000

Procurement reference

SEB-INVERTEBRATES

Published date

3 March 2023

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 Invertebrates that includes 708 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 Invertebrates to provide their best estimate.  

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

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Gathering evidence on Invertebrates for the Species Evidence Base

  • Opportunity
  • Published 14 September 2022, last edited 5 October 2022

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

Award information

Awarded date

26 October 2022

Contract start date

26 October 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Total value of contract

£15,149.05

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Buglife

Address

The Invertebrate Conservation Trust of Allia Future Business Centre, London Road, Peterborough PE2 8AN

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

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