Published date: 16 December 2016

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: 11 January 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Environmental services - 90700000

Location of contract

PE1 1JY

Value of contract

£120,000

Procurement reference

C16-0280-1070

Published date

16 December 2016

Closing date

11 January 2017

Contract start date

17 January 2017

Contract end date

28 March 2017

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Caribbean Overseas Territories (Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat and Turks and Caicos) the South Atlantic Overseas Territories (Falkland Islands, St Helena, Ascension, Tristan and South George) are highly dependent on the natural environment for their economic and social wellbeing. The Territories are also reliant on very limited manmade assets. In the Caribbean in particular these manmade capital assets, and human life, are vulnerable to both natural and manmade disasters. The natural environment is itself susceptible to damage from human activities - resulting in loss of value to the economies of the Territories - but also provides a key role in protecting man made assets and protecting human well being.

JNCC is initiating a suite of projects to integrate satellite data, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and economic assessments of environmental goods and services (derived from natural capital) with the following objectives:

i. establish the Total Economic Value (TEV) of the terrestrial and marine natural environment to each of the ten listed Territories;
ii. identify the priority natural capital assets and measurable attributes (Natural Capital Metrics) to monitor changes in value through time;
iii. integrate natural capital valuations into national mapping (GIS) to define the spatial distribution of these natural assets (Value Mapping) and to promote the integration of such valuations into planning and policy making to improve long-term economic growth;
Within the context of the Caribbean in particular JNCC wishes to assess the role and value of natural capital in protection of manmade capital through a terrain based model which assesses the vulnerability (susceptibility) of this manmade capital to natural hazards such as (but not limited to) storm surge or tsunami waves in the coastal zone and landslip or flash flooding in the terrestrial environment.

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Potential bidders are invited to download the documents and complete the acceptance form of our terms and conditions attached to the invitation to tender (ITT). Please copy and paste the following address on your browser http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page=7353 to view and download documents.

About the buyer

Address

Monkstone House
City Road
Peterborough
PE1 1JY
England

Email

dora.iantosca@jncc.gov.uk

Website

jncc.defra.gov.uk