Published date: 28 March 2018

Last edited date: 28 March 2018

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: 9 April 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £30,000

Procurement reference

WWF/C00022

Published date

28 March 2018

Closing date

9 April 2018

Contract start date

16 April 2018

Contract end date

31 August 2018

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 UK SEAS Programme is one of the demonstration projects for the North Devon Pioneer. UK SEAS is a five-year programme of work led by WWF from 2017 - 2022 focusing on two case study areas: North Devon and the Outer Hebrides. For more information on the project please see Annex A.


The UK SEAS project will do the following:

- We will work with communities in North Devon and the Outer Hebrides to come up with
new and creative ideas for better managing Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) so that
people and nature can thrive.

- The UK's network of MPAs provides a key opportunity to improve the health of our seas.
We will take a fresh look at how we coordinate the management of these areas,
recognising that decisions made in one place have consequences elsewhere.

- We want to work in partnership to find innovative ways of financing management to
improve the health of our seas and bring economic growth.

As part of this project, we have an objective to identify and trial up to two innovative
sustainable financing mechanisms in case study areas which integrate ecosystem services derived from natural capital into MPA management.

The expected outcomes of the sustainable finance workstream in the UK SEAS project are the following:

1. Feasibility of sustainable financing demonstrated through innovative new solutions

2. Project findings influence policy, through identifying sustainable finance mechanisms
that can be applied to other UK MPAs and policy changes required to support these.

3. Public and private sector stakeholders demonstrate commitment and actively
participate (e.g. in developing/implementing finance mechanisms, identifying ways
that private sector can increase support/investment in MPAs, and increase
acceptance of MPAs).

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About the buyer

Contact name

Jenny Oates

Address

Churchill House
17 Churchill Way
Cardiff
CF10 2HH
Wales

Email

joates@wwf.org.uk