Published date: 1 December 2021
This notice was replaced on 16 February 2022
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Awarded contract (published 16 February 2022)
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Contract summary
Industry
Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£0
Procurement reference
tender_283994/1018545
Published date
1 December 2021
Closing date
21 December 2021
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
31 January 2022
Contract end date
30 September 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?
Yes
Description
We wish to engage a contractor to deliver the following services in support of the Spatial modelling and sensitivity mapping of seabirds and marine mammals in UK waters project, with the contract commencing in Winter 2022 and running until spring / summer 2025.
- Collation (and where necessary, cleaning) of datasets relating to seabird and marine mammal abundance and distribution at sea;
- Applying decision rules to existing datasets / data products to determine target areas for new data collection;
- Modelling of seabird and marine mammal data to produce species-specific distribution maps across UK waters;
- Applying (and, where necessary, deriving) sensitivity information to distributional models in order to produce heat maps of environmental risk, integrating this across models for seabirds, marine mammals, and benthic habitats (produced separately to this contract); and
- Inputting to guidance on usage of the outputs and assisting in testing, promoting and publicising the outputs.
More information
Links
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- https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk
- Link to eSourcing Portal
Additional text
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Please note that Defra procurement uses an E-tendering system for Procurement activities. This is currently provided by Bravo Solutions. To access appropriate tendering and contractual documents, please access the E-Tendering portal at https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk", ensuring that your registration includes "Defra". If you have any problems with this system, please contact Bravo on their telephone helpline number 0800 368 4850 or by emailing them at help@bravosolution.co.uk.
About the buyer
Address
Suite D, Unex House
Peterborough
PE1 1NG
England
Telephone
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