Published date: 21 July 2022

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Awarded contract (published 3 March 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Research consultancy services - 73210000

  • Design and execution of research and development - 73300000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£10,000 to £15,000

Procurement reference

MNC 0102

Published date

21 July 2022

Closing date

4 September 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

15 September 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

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 marine Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment programme (mNCEA) is Defra's flagship 3-year research and development programme that will provide a robust evidence base, suite of tools and a framework where ecological, societal, and economic information is brought together in a holistic way.

During this first year of the 3 year mNCEA programme, Natural England is leading a number of projects concerning both the application and innovation in natural capital approaches, and the transformation of how the marine natural capital evidence base in captured, analysed and brought together.

Communication between technical experts from different scientific disciplines, policy advisors, wider stakeholders and decision makers is crucial to the success of the natural capital approach. It is therefore essential that the technical reports produced by experts within the mNCEA are accompanied by short summaries that communicate, in an accessible and appealing way, the key elements of complex and detailed work that ranges from conceptual frameworks to ecosystem models to the outcomes of analysis of qualitative and quantitative data addressing a suite of ecological, social and economic research questions.

The purpose of this contract is to engage support for technical specialists to help them develop the necessary skills to improve the way in which they summarise the outcomes of their research in a succinct, visually appealing and easy to understand way.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Tara Hooper

Address

Natural England, 4th Floor, Foss House
Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green
York
YO1 7PX
England

Email

tara.hooper@naturalengland.org.uk