Published date: 12 November 2021
This notice was replaced on 22 December 2021
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Awarded contract (published 22 December 2021)
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Contract summary
Industry
Environmental services - 90700000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£30,000
Procurement reference
tender_290161/1013819
Published date
12 November 2021
Closing date
10 December 2021
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
20 December 2021
Contract end date
31 March 2022
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?
Yes
Description
1.Introduction
1.1.Natural England estimated in 2018 that the regulatory system in place for bats had a cost in the region of £75 million per annum, excluding work associated with protected sites. In terms of cost, 'bat regulation' is likely to be very much the largest measure in place in England for bat conservation. Thus, it is important for bat conservation that it delivers the greatest benefit practicable.
1.2 Derogations from regulatory prohibitions are provided by a licensing system. This contract will be used to develop options for one aspect of the licensing system where improved functionality has been identified as necessary, that is, monitoring.
1.3 A good monitoring system is fundamental to making regulation effective. Monitoring should ensure that the effectiveness of the regulatory system, and the species protection measures that it requires, are well understood and that this understanding can be fed back to improve the system. The Bat Expert Panel has in recent years identified improvement to the monitoring system as the highest priority in bat regulation. A recent contract undertaken for Natural England consulted expert stakeholders (listed in Appendix E) on how the system of outcome monitoring in licensing could be improved. This report has helped to identify priority issues (contained in tender)
2.Development of options for improvement of the monitoring system
2.1.The contractor is required to test with stakeholders the list of issues identified in the tender specification and adjust it if necessary to ensure it is understood and supported as far as practicable by a consensus of stakeholders.
2.2.Once this has been completed the contractor is asked to develop with stakeholder input at least three options for how the issues can be resolved. One of these options should be the current system with the minimum change required to resolve the issues. The other options may be more radically different (see specification for detail)
About the buyer
Contact name
Rachel Wickerson
Address
17 Nobel House
London
SW1P 3JR
England
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