Published date: 29 March 2023

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


Closing: 7 February 2023, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

SW1P 3JR

Value of contract

£18,043.75

Procurement reference

CF-0055300D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

29 March 2023

Closing date

7 February 2023

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

16 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

Government's target is to raise at least £500 million in private finance for nature's recovery every year by 2027 and increasing to more than £1 billion a year by 2030.

Coordinated investment in nature for water and floods can help the Government's target for private finance in nature's recovery. Investment in nature needs to be linked to a purpose or outcome and fulfilling them requires access to specific land in catchments. Broadly, we need to implement a local asset management approach for nature that is set in the context of long-term planning, and which can work along with other investment in catchments.

Based on several initiatives that are already underway, we believe there is an opportunity to both address the barriers that risk delivery of the water contribution and enable a far greater financial contribution from others. This can be achieved by creating the right framework for engaging stakeholders, providing authoritative decisions and a
legal underpinning. Our vision for how this could work is that, in every catchment, decisions about allocation of resources and associated actions achieve the maximum benefit for people and nature.

Defra has recently created an internal working group to develop a land-use delivery framework for the environment to deliver the functional outcomes we need and which should be operated in a partnership context. We believe the framework needs to deliver:

a) Targeting of action and reconciliation of competing need

b) A common partnership network

c) A long-term approach

For us to develop a roadmap for delivering the necessary change, we require Eunomia's experience and expertise to develop a:

• theory of change
• success criteria
• monitoring and evaluation framework.

Award information

Awarded date

20 February 2023

Contract start date

16 February 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Total value of contract

£18,043.75

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

Horizon House Deanery Road
Bristol
BS1 5AH
UK

Email

felicity.jowett@defra.gov.uk