Published date: 10 February 2023
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Contract summary
Industry
Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000
Location of contract
England
Value of contract
£300,000
Procurement reference
NCEA_NE3_AccessPermissions
Published date
10 February 2023
Approach to market date
1 March 2023
Contract start date
1 June 2023
Contract end date
1 January 2024
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
An element of the NCEA programme is the England Ecosystem Survey (EES) which is a new method of collecting environmental data. The aim of the EES is to get a true understanding of the condition of England's terrestrial environment, and to do this we need to identify landowners and land users, and secure land access permission to carry out surveys on their land. The surveys, which will be conducted under a separate contracting method to this contract, will collect data relating to habitats, vegetation, peat and landscape as well as soil and water biota eDNA and support Natural England's earth observation programme.
The requirement is split in to two parts:
Part 1 - 2024 Access Permission Contact and Request Process
- Contact and responses for 2024 (940 monads with up to 6 1ha squares within each).
- Gaining access permission for England Ecosystem Survey 2024.
- Expected to be completed by October 2023
Part 2 - 2023 Response and Acknowledgement Process
- Responding to survey participants from 2023
- Will commence October 2023 and will focus on contacting landowners who gave
permission for survey in 2023 and thanking them for their participation.
More information
Spend profile
| Financial year | Budget |
|---|---|
| 2023/2024 | £300,000 |
Additional text
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Prior Information Notice (PIN):
The intent of this notice is to notify industry of a potential upcoming open competition for 'tNCEA Access Permissions'. The competition is due to commence in March 2023 and has an indicative contract start date of June 2023.
These dates are subject to change and are indicative timescales only.
Please note that this notice is not a call for competition. The Authority shall release a further notice when funding has been approved and the competition is approved to be released. Further details of the requirement can be seen in the 'Description of Procurement' section of this notice.
About the buyer
Contact name
Lucy Coulson
Address
Natural England
17 Nobel House
London
SW1P 3JR
England
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