Published date: 24 July 2024

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


Closing: 8 July 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£49,525

Procurement reference

CF-0330700D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

24 July 2024

Closing date

8 July 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

17 July 2024

Contract end date

4 October 2024

Contract type

Service contract

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

The Celtic Sea and Western Channel Pelagic Fisheries Management Plan (FMP) has been
identified as the most promising FMP to take forward with a natural capital approach (NCA)
under the marine Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (mNCEA) programme. Following
a scoping exercise to determine if applying natural capital approaches (NCA) to fisheries
management would help deliver both an Ecosystem Based Approach to Fisheries Management
(EBAFM), and a Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR) Approach. It was
determined that taking an NCA would not only help to operationalise EBAFM and SMNR, but an
NCA is also able to consider the wider implications to changes to marine natural assets, impacts across all beneficiaries, and impacts on the hidden additional benefits of nature to improve fisheries management decisions. In an additional synthesis of the current economic,
environmental, and social evidence available for the Celtic Sea and Western Channel Pelagic
fishery, it was identified that knowledge of how the natural capital habitat assets support the
Celtic Sea and Western Channel Pelagic fishery (Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)) and also provide broader ecosystem services. It was considered essential to generate a robust evidence-base for
EFH to take a NCA in developing this FMP.
The purpose of this project is to identify the Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) for Herring, Pilchard
(Non-Quota Species), Greater silver smelt, Horse mackerel and Anchovy (Non-Quota Species),
to review the capacity of these habitats to provide ecosystem services, and highlight the risks of not managing these habitats appropriately.

Award information

Awarded date

17 July 2024

Contract start date

17 July 2024

Contract end date

4 October 2024

Total value of contract

£49,525

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

University of Plymouth

Address

University of Plymouth
Plymouth PL4 8AA

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Adrian Ajibade

Address

17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
UK

Email

adrian.ajibade@defra.gov.uk