Published date: 11 October 2024
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Research services - 73110000
Location of contract
SN2 2EH
Value of contract
£10,000
Procurement reference
C/REF 00000762
Published date
11 October 2024
Closing date
22 March 2024
Closing time
5pm
Contract start date
25 March 2024
Contract end date
21 November 2024
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Single tender action (below threshold)
A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.
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 main aim of this project is to get a better understanding of soil carbon and how it can be managed in an archaeological context.
This will include:
• Soil carbon basics, the conditions and factors that influence carbon in soils
• The potential impacts that archaeological excavation may have on the mobilisation and loss of soil carbon
• How this can be mitigated and managed through better planning and practice
This will be achieved through a review of current information from allied and relevant sectors.
This will lead to new knowledge about the factors influencing soil carbon loss in relation to archaeological excavation (e.g., soil loss, time of year, period of disturbance) and some best practice soil management advice to minimise soil carbon loss.
This project responds to the Historic England Corporate Plan priority on Climate Action and our Climate Change Strategy.
This project directly contributes to Corporate Plan Outcome 4B - More organisations in the heritage sector are committed to achieving net zero by 2050 or earlier - in particular helping the archaeology sector to understand soil carbon loss through their work, and to manage this in the best way to meet Net Zero.
It will help companies adapt their planning, design and intervention methods to ensure sustainable practices are developed and used. The project will also be of relevance to the planning and conservation advice priority, as the overall outcome of the work will be clearer guidance and advice about how soil carbon loss is measured during development-led archaeological work.
The project will also contribute to Historic England's Net Zero project (Corporate Plan Outcome 4A) which is driving our own corporate programme of carbon reduction.
Award information
Awarded date
11 October 2024
Contract start date
25 March 2024
Contract end date
21 November 2024
Total value of contract
£10,000
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
Professor David Hopkins, Scotland's Rural College
Address
Edinburgh Campus Peter Wilson Building King's Buildings West Mains Road Edinburgh EH9 3JG
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
Yes
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Historic England
Address
The Engine House, Fire Fly Avenue
Swindon
SN2 2EH
United Kingdom
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