Published date: 11 June 2021

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: 2 July 2021, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Environmental services - 90700000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£66,000

Procurement reference

C21-0484-1570

Published date

11 June 2021

Closing date

2 July 2021

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

12 July 2021

Contract end date

5 November 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

The policy and regulations governing marine environmental assessment, monitoring and management are founded in the application of the Ecosystem Approach1, e.g. UK Marine Policy Statement, UK Marine Strategy (2019), OSPAR, marine plans. An Ecosystem Approach requires equitable consideration of environmental, social and economic issues. The 25 Year Environment Plan (25YEP) (2021) recognises that the full value of the benefits offered by the environment and cultural heritage needs to be assessed in order to make appropriate choices on sustainable use of natural resources. The Dasgupta Review (2021) stresses the importance of the assessment of Natural Capital in the management of biodiversity and the sustainable use of natural resources. Taking a natural capital approach (as part of the Ecosystem Approach) allows the environment its due regard as a natural asset and contributor to the overall economy and societal wellbeing. Whilst application of the natural capital approach on land is developing at pace, challenges remain to applying it to the marine environment. A number of organisations have picked up the challenge and developed, independently, solutions in the form of case studies, pilots, interpretation of existing evidence, conceptual frameworks, methods and tools. At this stage it is considered beneficial to evaluate the piecemeal marine natural capital assessment approaches that have been developed to date, to identify the most promising and make recommendations for a common approach, which could be used if appropriate; and further to inform the development of future work.

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Monkstone House,City Road
PETERBOROUGH
PE11JY
England

Email

contract.queries@jncc.gov.uk