Published date: 6 September 2024

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 30 September 2024, 9am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Marine research services - 73112000

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

  • Environmental management - 90710000

    • Marine services - 98360000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£30,000

Procurement reference

C24-0619-1942

Published date

6 September 2024

Closing date

30 September 2024

Closing time

9am

Contract start date

21 October 2024

Contract end date

28 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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 Collaboration in Offshore Wind Strategic Compensation (COWSC) initiative brings together industry, environmental NGOs, SNCBs, the UK Government and Devolved administrations to identify strategic compensation measures. Expert Group 2 was formed to identify potential compensation measures around predation reduction. Three potential measures were identified: predator eradication on islands, predator control and exclusion and biosecurity.
There are currently a number of seabird island SPAs that have non-native invasive mammals present as well as many other non-SPA seabird sites. Predator eradication involves a significant investment of resources and time to remove all target invasive mammals from an island until the island can be declared predator free. This is usually done using poison but for larger mammals can also include trapping and shooting. Once an island is predator-free biosecurity measures can be employed to maintain the predator-free status of the site. Significant strides have been made on biosecurity through the RSPB-led Biosecurity for Life project which has seen islands undertaking sufficient biosecurity measures increase from 20% to >90% (https://biosecurityforlife.org.uk/).
Predator control and exclusion is used to target impacts at colonies/sites where eradication is not possible, such as inshore islands which mammals can easily access by swimming and mainland colonies. Measures can include fences to prevent mammals accessing sensitive areas and reducing the density of predators using control such as trapping.
4. Project Objectives
To meet the overall aims of this project (Section 2), the objectives are:
1. Review of potential sites for management UK
2. Prioritisation of species and locations
3. Development of success criteria
4. Adaptive management options
5. Project Objectives: Detailed Tasks
The overarching objective of this project is to deliver a comprehensive list of locations in the UK for potential predator reduction/control, both islands and mainland. The work undertaken here should build on previous work in this area (Ratcliffe et al. 2009; Stanbury et al. 2017) and also be informed by the priorities identified by the Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies (SNCBs) and Government agencies (e.g. English Seabird Conservation and Recovery Pathway (ESCaRP)).

More information

Attachments

  • C24-0619-1942.zip
  • Tender notice
  • The overarching objective of this project is to deliver a comprehensive list of locations in the UK for potential predator reduction/control, both islands and mainland. The work undertaken here should build on previous work in this area (Ratcliffe et al. 2009; Stanbury et al. 2017) and also be informed by the priorities identified by the Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies (SNCBs) and Government agencies (e.g. English Seabird Conservation and Recovery Pathway (ESCaRP)).

Additional text

You are invited by JNCC Support Co (JNCC) to submit a tender for the supply of works or services required under the above project. If interested, you should download and carefully read the documents contained within the zip file.

About the buyer

Contact name

Unique Onyewueke

Address

2 East Station Road,Fletton Quays
PETERBOROUGH
PE28YY
England

Telephone

01224083515

Email

unique.onyewueke@jncc.gov.uk