Published date: 12 November 2018

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


Closing: 25 September 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Environmental services - 90700000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£28,750

Procurement reference

tender_179907/725758

Published date

12 November 2018

Closing date

25 September 2018

Contract start date

22 October 2018

Contract end date

15 March 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

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

Undertake an evidence review to establish what the existing literature tells us about the relationship between AES and SSSIs, and owner/manager attitude towards and motivation for managing protected sites.

The objectives of this project are:
- To assess the impact of AES on SSSI condition by reviewing the existing literature to:
o assess the extent to which there is evidence of change in condition, across the range of SSSI features and AES options.
o assess the extent to which there is evidence of a causal relationship between AES and changes in SSSI condition
- To understand what motivates owners and occupiers to manage their SSSIs appropriately for the interest features, and what factors encourage pro-environmental behaviour change.
- Based on the findings from objectives 1) and 2), to identify which factors influence the success or failure of current AES on SSSIs (tenderers are encouraged to consider a wide range of factors including, but not limited to, environmental, economic and social), providing evidence to feed in to scheme improvements.
- To use these findings to draw conclusions about the extent to which AES is leading to changes in SSSI condition, and where possible, evaluate what sort of effect AES is having, e.g. negative, neutral, conserving or enhancing. It is recognised that there may be more evidence for some habitats/interest features than others and findings may be best reported at the habitat/interest feature rather than whole scheme level. Evidence gaps should be explicitly identified and recommendations made about the evidence required to address those gaps.

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Award information

Awarded date

22 October 2018

Contract start date

22 October 2018

Contract end date

15 March 2019

Total value of contract

£28,750

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

University of Gloucestershire

Address

The Park, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 2RH, UNITED KINGDOM

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Natural England
Peterborough
PE1 1NG
England

Telephone

00

Email

supplier.enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk