Published date: 10 November 2023

Last edited date: 24 November 2023

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Awarded contract (published 8 April 2024)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Business development consultancy services - 79411100

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£15,000 to £24,000

Procurement reference

NEJH101123DLL

Published date

10 November 2023

Closing date

12 December 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

3 January 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2024

Contract type

Supply 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

A 3 month contract (January - March 2024) to rapidly review Natural England's District Level Licensing (DLL) Theory of Change and Evaluation Framework and make recommendations. To collaboratively develop the Evaluation Framework with all DLL providers to agree a joint Framework for all scheme areas with clear indicators of success that can be monitored by all DLL providers. To develop a jointly agreed monitoring strategy that ensures data collection is aligned across all DLL providers to agreed common standards.

District Level Licensing for Great Crested Newts (GCN) is a strategic approach for species licensing. The scheme is operated by different providers across England but the underlying principle is developers have the choice to buy into the scheme instead of securing a traditional licence involving on-site assessments and mitigation actions for GCN. The compensation paid by developers is used to create habitat in areas where it will have the greatest benefit to GCN. Since 2019 Natural England has built nearly 3000 ponds for the benefit of this species.

Natural England is the largest provider, operating DLL across 19 geographic areas, NatureSpace provides across 10 areas and three local authorities provide for their own authority areas. The overall objective is to have all providers of DLL aligned and collecting data that contributes towards one evaluation framework with a single set of success indicators.

The contractor will work remotely with all meetings held virtually.

More information

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 cathy.fitzroy@naturalengland.org.uk by 12 midday on 12/12/23.

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

About the buyer

Contact name

Cathy Fitzroy

Address

Sterling House
Dix's Field
Exeter
EX1 1QA
England

Email

cathy.fitzroy@naturalengland.org.uk