Published date: 29 March 2023

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Awarded contract (published 30 March 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

SW1P 3JR

Value of contract

£24,672.97

Procurement reference

CF-0056900D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

29 March 2023

Closing date

10 February 2023

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

27 February 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Contract type

Not applicable

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 Catchment Funding Team is part of the Future Funding Directorate within the Environment Agency. We develop and deliver innovative funding solutions that will enable us to influence policy to more effectively address our environmental challenges; we seek to embed these new ways of working throughout the EA.

We are participating in a joint Shared Outcomes Fund project, called Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Climate Change at the Landscape Scale. This project led by Natural England, Environment Agency, RBG Kew
and the Forestry Commission will develop effective ways to integrate these NbS with other land
management objectives, working closely with local partners and stakeholders in new pilot study areas.
Research and monitoring to understand the potential of these habitats will be integral to the project, including innovative studies at Wakehurst, Kew's wild botanic garden, on the role of biodiversity in sequestering carbon. New 'blended' funding models for habitat restoration, to allow public and private finance to support common aims and deliver effective outcomes will be developed and the economic and
social impact of the actions will be assessed.

The project will test the efficacy of different nature-based solutions for nature and climate recovery and provide a pathway to large-scale implementation. It will lead to new approaches, resources, and tools to support effective targeting of nature-based solutions in diverse
landscapes and complementing other work to inform the design of future policies and funding schemes.

For this piece of work the Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change programme requires an expert to:

• Collect and categorise the key decisions that are expected to be made during a landscape restoration project to deliver multiple benefits

• Work with the pilot projects, where possible, to understand how they intend to approach such decisions

• Identify available tools and resources (and potential gaps) through literature review and working with existing information to be provided by the EA and Defra

• Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the approaches of pilot projects and those contained in the literature

• Produce user friendly guidance document on this research

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Land use decision research & guidance

  • Awarded contract
  • Published 29 March 2023

Award information

Awarded date

28 February 2023

Contract start date

27 February 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Total value of contract

£24,672.97

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd.

Address

37 Queen Square, Bristol BS1 4QS

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Felicity Jowett

Address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
Bristol
BS1 5AH
UK

Email

felicity.jowett@defra.gov.uk