Published date: 12 December 2017

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


Closing: 9 November 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

  • Research consultancy services - 73210000

  • Environmental issues consultancy services - 90713000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£49,984

Procurement reference

tender_156112/638436

Published date

12 December 2017

Closing date

9 November 2017

Contract start date

1 December 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

The project - a partnership between national and area teams - will apply a range of cutting-edge software tools relevant to spatial prioritisation of conservation and planning ecological networks (Marxan, Zonation, Natural England Vulnerability Assessment, Condatis, least cost networks, Rangeshifter) to landscape scale pilots being carried out in Natural England focus areas and at a national scale relevant to the NNR network. The tools will be applied and the results interpreted through a consultative outcomes-based approach with local stakeholders. The findings will be summarised to inform both local and national-level implementation of Natural England's strategy : Conservation21.


More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Testing systematic approaches to planning ecological networks in Natural England

  • Opportunity
  • Published 23 October 2017

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Award information

Awarded date

23 November 2017

Contract start date

1 December 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2018

Total value of contract

£49,984

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

University of Kent

Address

Research Services, The Registry, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NZ, UNITED KINGDOM

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Address

Natural England
Peterborough
PE1 1NG
England

Email

Supplier.enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk