Published date: 28 October 2015

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


Closing: 12 November 2015

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Environmental services - 90700000

  • Work environment services - 98342000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

22668

Published date

28 October 2015

Closing date

12 November 2015

Contract start date

1 December 2015

Contract end date

31 March 2016

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The purpose of the project is to increase the understanding of the implications of Natural England undertaking its new legal duty under the 2012 amendment to the Conservation of Habitats & Species Regulations 2010 (Section 23). Natural England has always had a duty under these Regulations to review any consents that were issued under section 28E(3)(a) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(as amended) (thereafter WCA 1981) on land which subsequently became a European site but previously it was discretionary whether any action was taken in light of any such review in terms of affirming, modifying or revoking such a consent. This discretionary aspect has now been removed by the 2012 amendment and Natural England now has a legal duty to affirm, modify or revoke any such consents issued on European sites, as soon as is reasonably practicable.
The main aim is to assess the consequences relating to this legal duty in relation to modifying, revoking and/or replacement of a consent by working through a number of different scenarios for some of the more significant landholdings across the designated site network. The work will include an assessment of the financial implications of each course of action including an appraisal of the effects on the on-going and long term management of the each site.
The main focus of the project will be on a number of sites which have been identified as having blanket bog as an interest feature and have land management regimes typical in the uplands. The Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) that have been selected for the project are as follows, Bowes Moor SSSI, South Pennine Moors SSSI, Moorhouse to Cross Fell SSSI and North York Moors SSSI.

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Award information

Awarded date

27 November 2015

Contract start date

27 November 2015

Contract end date

31 March 2016

Total value of contract

£22,740

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

3D Rural Surveyors Ltd

Address

1 Gainsborough House, Campden Buisness Park, Battle Brook Drive, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, GL55 6JX
UNITED KINGDOM

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Natural England
Peterborough
PE1 1NG
England

Email

Supplier.enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk