Published date: 1 November 2023

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Awarded contract (published 28 October 2024)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

SW1P 4DF

Value of contract

£82,637.25

Procurement reference

CF-0166700D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

1 November 2023

Closing date

4 October 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 November 2023

Contract end date

19 July 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Environment Act 2021 introduced a strengthen 'biodiversity duty' which places all public authorities who operate in England under a legal obligation to consider what they can do to conserve and enhance biodiversity.

This strategy recommends competition via the Research Development and Evidence (RDE) Framework for the provision of one service contract to produce a framework for the future evaluation of the strengthened biodiversity duty and subsequently undertake a process evaluation of the strengthened duty.

The framework will set out key evaluation questions and methods Defra needs to understand whether policies are working as intended and the initial process evaluation will focus on understanding public authorities' perceptions and experiences of the duty's requirements to make their first consideration by January 2024. As the process evaluation is likely to take place shortly after the introduction of the duty, it should provide a simple 'first look' at how the duty is being implemented, and it is likely a further process evaluation will be commissioned in the future.

The principal client using the results will be policy officials in Defra. Findings will also be shared with Other Government Departments (OGD) and selected Arm's Length Bodies (ALB). Some high-level conclusions will be discussed with local authorities and local planning authorities.

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Award information

Awarded date

25 October 2023

Contract start date

1 November 2023

Contract end date

19 July 2024

Total value of contract

£82,637.25

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd.

Address

37 Queen Square, Bristol BS1 4QS

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Emily Hayes

Address

2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom

Email

Network.Procurement@defra.gov.uk