Published date: 11 October 2023

Last edited date: 1 November 2023

This notice was replaced on 3 June 2024

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Awarded contract (published 3 June 2024)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Environmental services - 90700000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£20,000 to £49,999

Procurement reference

NEPW_111023_FCS

Published date

11 October 2023

Closing date

13 November 2023

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

14 November 2023

Contract end date

31 March 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

PLEASE NOTE: The closing date for this notice has been extended to 13th November 2023.

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 17:00 on 13/11/2023.

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

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

Telephone

02078955270

Email

lucy.may@naturalengland.org.uk