Published date: 17 July 2024

This notice was replaced on 23 August 2024

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 23 August 2024)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Environmental standards other than for construction - 90711200

  • Environmental indicators analysis other than for construction - 90711300

  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services other than for construction - 90711400

    • Environmental monitoring other than for construction - 90711500

    • Marine conservation strategy planning - 90712300

Location of contract

WR5 2QT

Value of contract

£40,000 to £60,000

Procurement reference

INS302-01-7

Published date

17 July 2024

Closing date

12 August 2024

Closing time

11:45pm

Contract start date

27 August 2024

Contract end date

13 January 2025

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 overarching objective of this project is to provide a critical appraisal of the current regulatory and policy frameworks for both monitoring and managing bycatch in UK marine waters. This is a crucial project required to inform the OEP's wider work on holding government to account for the achievement of Good Environmental Status (GES) under the UK Marine Strategy.

For the purposes of this project, 'bycatch' will be taken to mean the "unintentional capture or entanglement of non-target species in fishing gear often resulting in serious injury or mortality"1. It should also encompass the unintentional capture of fish that are below minimum conservation reference size, so as to fully align with the 'bycatch objective' set out in the Joint Fisheries Statement.

The overarching objective will be achieved through delivering the following elements:
•Building on existing OEP analysis to clarify the degree to which bycatch affects the achievement of GES - specifically, to determine the contribution that delivering Government's bycatch commitments could make to relevant GES indicators, and the scale of action that may be required to realise those commitments.
•Reviewing current regulatory and policy measures implemented in UK marine waters that impact on the management of bycatch - to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the regulatory system by examining the design and implementation of existing laws, policies and regulations, including compliance mechanisms and enforcement practices.
•Reviewing the effectiveness of current approaches to monitoring bycatch - to evaluate the accuracy, reliability and coverage of existing monitoring programmes and potential knock-on effects for impactful regulation across different species and regions.
•Identifying barriers and enablers for improved bycatch monitoring and regulation, with a particular focus on known mitigation options and best practice solutions where available - to inform recommendations which would ensure that actions taken to address bycatch the contribute to achieve GES, based on the analysis conducted under 'A'.

The scope of this work will cover measures to monitor and address bycatch in England and Northern Ireland only, unless specifically designed to be UK-wide (e.g. UK Bycatch Mitigation Initiative).
In addition, we reserve the right to make direct awards of further contracts to the successful supplier for additional services (including consultancy and acting as an expert witness).

Full details about our requirements for the work and how to submit a tender are provided in the Invitation to Tender.

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About the buyer

Address

Wildwood
Wildwood Drive
Worcester
WR5 2QT
England

Telephone

07385952327

Email

Procurement@theoep.org.uk