Published date: 19 August 2022

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: 2 September 2022, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Environmental services - 90700000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£17,000

Procurement reference

C22-0484-1684

Published date

19 August 2022

Closing date

2 September 2022

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

26 September 2022

Contract end date

15 November 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?

No


Description

Seabird Monitoring Team, based in Aberdeen, co-ordinates and participates in surveys that will contribute to our understanding of changes in distribution patterns of seabirds and identify key gaps in the evidence base for understanding natural capital assets and benefits. To this end, the Team entered into a partnership agreement with CEFAS and MARINElife to commence the Balearic Shearwater Monitoring Project. The project aims to deliver data on the UK's at-sea non-breeding Balearic Shearwater population, an IUCN red-listed species that is critically endangered and is not routinely monitored in UK waters.
This work will build on and continue recent work developed by Natural England, in partnership with Cefas and MARINElife, to deliver data on the UK's at-sea non-breeding Balearic shearwater population. From 2015 to 2017, Natural England funded Balearic shearwater surveys, conducted by MARINElife, on Cefas PELTIC research cruises. Funding allowed the collection of robust European Seabirds at Sea (ESAS) standard data from those cruises, ultimately providing information on Balearic shearwater distribution and relative abundance within the survey area. Data have continued to be collected on a voluntary basis by MARINElife since then but using less robust methods and covering a smaller area.
The JNCC will contribute to the partnership by providing expertise in conducting seabird surveys and contracting two ESAS-trained seabird surveyors for a period of approximately five weeks, during which time they will be onboard the RV CEFAS Endeavour as it completes its Autumn 2022 PELTIC survey within the Celtic Sea and English Channel. The professional surveyors will collect Balearic shearwater data which will increase the evidence base and time series data for this species.


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About the buyer

Address

Monkstone House,City Road
PETERBOROUGH
PE11JY
England

Telephone

01733 866894

Email

contractqueries@jncc.gov.uk

Website

jncc.gov.uk