Published date: 29 March 2023

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 26 January 2023, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

SW1P 3JR

Value of contract

£45,000

Procurement reference

CF-0055700D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

29 March 2023

Closing date

26 January 2023

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

30 January 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Contract type

Not applicable

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

Description of work required - overall purpose & scope (including reporting requirements)

1. Project aim

Develop a system-wide evidence plan, potentially including a Theory of Change, for the Evidence & Evaluation team (E&E) to evaluate the MMO goals.

2. Background to MMO goals

The 2030 Strategic Plan1 states the role the MMO takes to ensure a healthy, productive seas and coasts for
the next decade. The plan sets out seven strategic goals that include restoring richness to our marine
ecosystems, managing them with a culture of compliance across all sectors, developing comprehensive
management plans and leading the way on transforming the viability of the fishing industry. Specifically, the
seven goals are:

Goal 1 Work with partners to restore functioning marine ecosystems introducing increased levels of
protection and improvement to our marine environment.

Goal 2 Manage a responsive and widely owned English marine planning framework that prescribes the
strategic priorities for using and managing our seas, integrating terrestrial planning policies across the range of marine sectors.

Goal 3 Ensure MMO is recognised as a world leader for the marine management activities it regulates and
the services it delivers across England, UK and internationally.

Goal 4 Manage an agreed framework for a culture of compliance through leadership, co-management and
earned recognition leading, where appropriate, to self-regulation.

Goal 5 Support global marine protection by example and through sharing our expert marine management
services.

Goal 6 Assure the sustainable and transparent management of fishing opportunities to achieve a resilient and
increasingly viable fishing sector.

Goal 7 Maximise value from the use of evidence and data while ensuring effective specification, capture,
integration and sharing of marine data and information.

Award information

Awarded date

27 February 2023

Contract start date

30 January 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Total value of contract

£45,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

ICF Consulting Services Limited

Address

ICF Consulting Services Limited Riverscape 10 Queen Street Place London EC4R 1BE

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Felicity Jowett

Address

Horizon House Deanery Road
Bristol
BS1 5AH
United Kingdom

Email

felicity.jowett@defra.gov.uk