Published date: 7 March 2024
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Contract summary
Industry
Economic research services - 79311400
Environmental services - 90700000
Environmental indicators analysis other than for construction - 90711300
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£50,000 to £60,000
Procurement reference
CF-0255900D8d000003VQwdEAG
Published date
7 March 2024
Closing date
2 April 2024
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
1 May 2024
Contract end date
31 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?
No
Description
Background:
The Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) is funded through UK official development assistance as part of the UKs Blue Planet Fund. It strengthens marine science expertise, develops science-based policy and management tools, and creates educational resources for coastal communities focussed on marine pollution, sustainable seafood, and marine biodiversity. In partnership with country governments OCPP builds capacity for marine science in local institutions organisations and communities.
Requirement:
With the Solomon Islands Government, OCPP is co-developing opportunities to maximise the Solomon Islands' sustainable blue economy development goals. As part of this, Cefas require the Supplier to map the seafood value chain in the Solomon Islands.
Value chains in this context describe the "full life cycle of a product or process, including material sourcing, production, consumption and disposal/recycling processes" (WBSCD https://docs.wbcsd.org/2011/12/CollaborationInnovationTransformation.pdf).
Sustainable food value chains are defined as "the full range of farms and firms and their successive coordinated value-adding activities that produce particular raw agricultural materials and transform them into particular food products that are sold to final consumers and disposed of after use, in a manner that is profitable throughout, has broad-based benefits for society, and does not permanently deplete natural resources."(FAO, 2014 Developing sustainable food value chains - Guiding principles (fao.org)). Thus including, the three elements of sustainability - economic sustainability, social sustainability, and environmental sustainability.
The required value chain mapping will therefore describe the social, environmental, and economic elements of seafood production sectors in the Solomon Islands.
The mapping for the seafood sectors will encompass:
• All seafood production sectors, including subsistence seafood culture and harvesting, commercial fisheries and commercial aquaculture.
• Estuarine, coastal/nearshore and offshore production and harvest.
• Animal (fishes, invertebrates) and plant (seaweed) production.
• Animals/plants used to feed humans directly, as well as those used to feed animals destined for human consumption (i.e. bait or feed).
• All provinces of the Solomon Islands and particularly areas where production/harvest, processing and trade are concentrated such as Guadalcanal, Malaita and Western Province.
To view this opportunity please go to https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome
You will need to log in or create a new supplier account. The opportunity can then be found searching 'C23636 CEFAS24-17 RFQ for seafood value chain mapping in Solomon Islands for OCPP' under Find Opportunities.
About the buyer
Contact name
Holly Power
Address
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
UK
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