Published date: 12 November 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: 3 December 2021, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Environmental services - 90700000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£54,000

Procurement reference

C21-0481-1615

Published date

12 November 2021

Closing date

3 December 2021

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

10 December 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

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 aim of this project is to build capacity in the UK Overseas Territories (OTs) to carry out coral reef monitoring activities that align with Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) standards to better understand the health of coral reefs in Caribbean and Western Atlantic UK OT waters.
The project will deliver in-person training in Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands and online training in the 4 aforementioned OTs, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.
UK OT Coral Reef Initiative
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in collaboration with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) are developing a collaborative initiative with Overseas Territories (OTs) to improve understanding of the status of coral reefs, the pressures affecting them, the current national and regional policies in place and the actions necessary to ensure their long-term protection.
Through this initiative, Caribbean and Western Atlantic UK OTs have developed coral reef Action Plans that outline tailored priority areas for coral reef conservation within the OTs and at a regional level that help to underpin conservation efforts.
Implementing the Action Plans
JNCC is working with the UK OTs to implement the coral reef action plans in individual OTs and, where it makes sense to do so, work collaboratively to share skills and knowledge. Current high priority activities include:
• sharing knowledge and experience responding to stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD), in particular in-water management interventions;
• proactive education and outreach to raise awareness of SCTLD and the risks it poses to reefs and the many benefits reefs provide to local communities and economies;
• data collection on the status and health of coral reefs through monitoring;
• Identifying management options available to individual OTs that will assist with improving the resilience of coral reefs through reducing pressures from human activities on land and in the sea;
Funding has been secured through the UK Government's Conflict, Stability and Security Fund to support implementation of the Action Plans in 2021/22.

More information

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You are invited by JNCC Support Co (JNCC) to submit a tender for the supply of works or services required under the above project. If interested, you should download and carefully read the documents contained within the zip file.

About the buyer

Address

Monkstone House,City Road
PETERBOROUGH
PE11JY
England

Telephone

01733 866894

Email

contractqueries@jncc.gov.uk

Website

https://www.jncc.gov