Published date: 16 September 2022

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Research consultancy services - 73210000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£5,000 to £24,999

Procurement reference

T3PD-NEF010

Published date

16 September 2022

Closing date

7 October 2022

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

14 October 2022

Contract end date

6 February 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

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

Natural England are reforming how we monitor protected sites, with the focus shifting to include the usage of 3rd party and monitoring technologies e.g. Earth Observation . This will increase efficiency and capacity for condition assessments to be made partially or entirely remotely, allowing more sites to be monitored in less time and management resources distributed effectively based on current information.

Considering all habitats, this project will investigate approaches that would be available to Natural England in the short to medium term (max 5 years) to gather, store and synthesise existing and new spatial/DNA/acoustic data to locate and monitor NEF indicators present on SSSI.

Contractors should work through each of the indicators and describe how current monitoring technologies such as earth observation and / or 3rd party data could be used to detect and map NEF indicators and their impact on natural processes e.g. aquatic system modification, plus horizon scan for future tech. This is a pilot study with the aim to provide a summary of what techniques are available now and will be available in the next 5 years. We do not expect contractors to trial any approaches.

Natural England has the ability through the Evidence Earth Observation Service (EEOS) to carry out earth observation analysis, though we would like it to be assessed what skills, knowledge and software would be needed to conduct these approaches.

More information

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To apply please respond to the attached Request for Quote. Email your response to richard.askew@naturalengland.org.uk. Tenders to be received no later than 17:00 on Friday 7th October. For tender clarifications, please email Richard Askew on the email address above.

About the buyer

Contact name

Richard Askew

Address

Natural England
Lateral 8 City Walk
Leeds
LS11 9AT
England

Email

richard.askew@naturalengland.org.uk