Published date: 10 November 2023

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


Closing: 7 November 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£69,657

Procurement reference

CF-0179600D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

10 November 2023

Closing date

7 November 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

13 November 2023

Contract end date

1 July 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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

A recent report titled "Defining saltmarsh for potential inclusion in the Land Use, Land Use Change
and Forestry (LULUCF) Inventory" by Burden et al. (in review) to the UK Blue Carbon Evidence
Partnership details a roadmap for saltmarsh to be included in the GHG inventory. One of the key
data requirements is "Step 5: Synthesis of GHG and C flux data from published work applicable
to and collected from UK saltmarsh habitat, and compilation of database". This project will cover
Step 5 of the Road map, to provide a living database of saltmarsh GHG datasets needed to
advance our progress along the road for estimating GHG emissions from saltmarshes in the UK
for use in the UK Saltmarsh Carbon Code and inclusion of Blue Carbon habitats in the UK GHG
inventory.
This contract was awarded by EA.


Award information

Awarded date

8 November 2023

Contract start date

13 November 2023

Contract end date

1 July 2024

Total value of contract

£69,657

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)

Address

Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford OX10 8BB

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Defra Group Commercial

Address

17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
UK

Email

dgc.rdeframework@defra.gov.uk