Published date: 31 August 2023

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: 19 September 2023, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Environmental services - 90700000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£20,000 to £49,999

Procurement reference

FSCSandbanks310823

Published date

31 August 2023

Closing date

19 September 2023

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

21 September 2023

Contract end date

31 January 2024

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

Natural England's Defining Favourable Conservation Status (DFCS) Project aims to produce definitions of favourable conservation status that will support the delivery of the biodiversity components of many aspects of Natural England's work.

This project will begin the FCS process for sublittoral sediment habitats, including sandbanks. "Sandbanks which are slightly covered by seawater all the time", listed under Annex I of the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), and its sub-types gravelly and clean sands, muddy sands, and maerl beds are the main focus of this project. MCZ broadscale habitats and features of conservation importance relevant to subtidal sediment /sandbanks should also be considered:

• Subtidal coarse sediments
• Subtidal sand
• Subtidal mud
• Subtidal mixed sediments
• Maerl beds
• Sea-pen and burrowing megafauna communities
• Ocean quahog

The data collation exercise should consider sub-features independently, not just where they relate to Annex 1 sandbanks. The information provided in this review will be used by Natural England to inform the production of favourable conservation statuses for various sublittoral sediment habitats, including sandbanks.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

To apply for this opportunity you must submit your quotation meeting the requirements detailed in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) attached. Your response must be sent to Lucy.May@naturalengland.org.uk by 1700 on 19/09/2023.

If you have any clarification questions linked to this opportunity or the procurement process please submit these via email to lucy.may@naturalengland.org.uk and Hannah.Payne@naturalengland.org.uk. Please note that, unless commercially sensitive, both the question and the response will be circulated to all tenderers.

About the buyer

Contact name

Lucy May

Address

Natural England
Sterling House, Dix's Field
Exeter
EX1 1QA
United Kingdom

Email

lucy.may@naturalengland.org.uk