Published date: 7 September 2023

Last edited date: 27 September 2023

This notice was replaced on 23 November 2023

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 23 November 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Environmental services - 90700000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£1 to £38,332.50

Procurement reference

SINE42SCENARIOS_0923

Published date

7 September 2023

Closing date

29 September 2023

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

30 October 2023

Contract end date

30 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

This contract opportunity is for a suitably experienced supplier to help Natural England understand what could affect Science and Innovation for the Natural Environment (SINE) over the course of the next 20 year time horizon (until 2042). The work will involve undertaking a foresight-based approach to deliver several relevant and plausible 20-year scenarios that express the possible risks and opportunities to the future of SINE.

The supplier would need to be available to commence project work from (or near) 30th October 2023 and deliver the required outcomes on or before 29th April 2024.

The key project deliverables include:
Set of (key) drivers of change for Science and Innovation
Set of critical uncertainties
Scenario architecture
Final scenarios for SINE42
Report documenting process, outputs, and recommendations

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 marcela.capaja@naturalengland.org.uk by 3pm on Friday 29th September.

If you have any clarification questions linked to this opportunity or the procurement process please submit these via email to marcela.capaja@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

Marcela Capaja

Address

Area 5A, Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Telephone

02077140889

Email

marcela.capaja@naturalengland.org.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england