Published date: 5 August 2024

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


Closing: 10 June 2024, 9am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£40,000 to £48,000

Procurement reference

NEJH200524ASC

Published date

5 August 2024

Closing date

10 June 2024

Closing time

9am

Contract start date

15 July 2024

Contract end date

20 December 2024

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

[Please note that the highest or lowest value stated for the contract is for all 4 artists/creative practitioners, and that the maximum amount available for each artist/creative practitioner is therefore £12,000 without VAT (with an expected minimum of £10,000)].

This requirement is for 4 individual artists/creative practitioners, each to work with a different team in Natural England's (NE) Chief Scientist's Directorate to address a brief the respective team has developed on an evidence/research-related topic relevant to their area of work: inspiring collective action on the climate and nature crisis; exploring geology for nature recovery and connection; interpreting DNA research; and translating and learning from scenarios of the future. We are looking for interested artists/creative practitioners who have the experience, skills and knowledge outlined in the evaluation criteria to apply as individuals, and will allocate the 4 successful artists as far as feasible to their preferred pilot using the process outlined in the specification. Each artist/creative practitioner will collaborate with their science team to develop and address the brief, co-creating an artwork/piece. We welcome submissions from any artistic practice (visual arts, music, creative writing, performing arts etc). Together these 4 arts-science collaboration pilots will produce evidence for a research project being led by the NE social science team to address the following research questions: 1. What 'added value' does arts-based research offer to science and evidence processes within NE and beyond? 2. What is needed for successful arts-science collaborations that would generate such 'added-value' within a context like NE? This will involve active participation in 3 workshops, a focus group and a webinar to capture and discuss learning.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Arts-science collaborations

  • Opportunity
  • Published 20 May 2024, last edited 6 June 2024

Attachments

Additional text

To apply for this opportunity you must submit your quotation meeting the requirements detailed in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) attached.
Your response must be sent to Alexia.Coke@naturalengland.org.uk by 9am on 10 June 2024.

If you have any clarification questions linked to this opportunity or the procurement process please submit these via email to Alexia.Coke@naturalengland.org.uk. Please note that, unless commercially sensitive, both the question and the response will be circulated to all tenderers.

Award information

Awarded date

24 June 2024

Contract start date

16 July 2024

Contract end date

31 December 2024

Total value of contract

£47,120

This contract was awarded to 4 suppliers.

B Lyon

Address

NW9 5ZN

Reference

No reference - sole trader

Value of contract

£11,650

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

Radical Ecology CIC

Address

TQ9 6EG

Reference

Companies House number: 13808063

Value of contract

£11,650

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

R St. John

Address

LA1 3PN

Reference

No reference - sole trader

Value of contract

£12,000

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

NA/FILMS Ltd

Address

CB2 9BU

Reference

Companies House number: 6420284

Value of contract

£11,820

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

About the buyer

Contact name

Alexia Coke

Address

Natural England
County Hall, Spetchley Road
WORCESTER
WR5 2NP
England

Email

Alexia.Coke@naturalengland.org.uk