Published date: 9 June 2022
Last edited date: 25 August 2022
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Contract summary
Industry
Environmental monitoring other than for construction - 90711500
Location of contract
CF10 3AX
Value of contract
£168,834
Procurement reference
tender_299135/1077636
Published date
9 June 2022
Closing date
1 March 2022
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
1 April 2022
Contract end date
31 March 2023
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Single tender action (below threshold)
A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.
This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The H4 indicator on 'the exposure and adverse effects of chemicals on wildlife in the environment' is one of a suite of indicators created to help measure progress against commitments in the 25-Year Environment Plan (25-YEP)1. It contributes to assessing whether the UK Government is managing exposure to chemicals and is published as part of the 25-YEP Outcome Indicator Framework2. It reports on chemicals such as persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic substances, heavy metals, and pesticides and biocides in terrestrial, freshwater and marine environmental compartments.
An interim version of the indicator has been published3, but there are currently evidence gaps in the exposure information. The gaps include a lack of data for otters with only some very historical data being provided. As top predators in freshwater, otters are a key species for H4, i.e. to give balance to the information provided in the indicator both within and across the different environmental compartments. They are particularly important for improving our understanding of chemical contaminants that move up the food chain and/or are not detectable in water samples, e.g. persistent organic pollutants defined under the Stockholm Convention.
This work aims to enable the coverage of otters under the H4 indicator through the Contractor (Cardiff University Otter Project (CUOP)), supporting the infrastructure to enable the informed use of otter samples and data over time. It builds on related work during 21/22 with the CUOP supporting the analysis of historical and current otter samples from England by analytical laboratories and to inform the development work of H4 generally.
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Award information
Awarded date
31 March 2022
Contract start date
1 April 2022
Contract end date
31 March 2023
Total value of contract
£168,834
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
Cardiff University
Address
Cardiff University Otter Project Organisms and Environment Division Cardiff University School of Biosciences Sir Martin Evans Building Museum Avenue Cardiff CF10 3AX
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
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