Planning

FeAST Replacement Development, Hosting & Support

JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE

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Planning

31 Oct 2022 at 16:32

Planned Procurement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Joint Nature Conservation Committee is seeking to redevelop the Feature Activity Sensitivity Tool (FeAST) for Scottish conservation features. This tender, titled "FeAST Replacement Development, Hosting & Support," falls under the environmental services category and is in the planning stage. The contract period is from November 18, 2022, to March 25, 2023, with a total budget of £46,000. The procurement method is an open procedure, and the future notice date for this opportunity is October 31, 2022. The buying organisation is based in Peterborough, England, and is open to SMEs.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses that specialize in environmental services to participate in the redevelopment, hosting, and support of the FeAST application. Companies with expertise in cloud-based solutions and marine conservation sensitivity tools would be well-suited to compete. The focus of this project is on enhancing user experience, adding functionality, and ensuring secure hosting for the FeAST application. The Joint Nature Conservation Committee is actively seeking collaboration with interested suppliers to achieve these objectives and meet the conservation needs of Scottish marine features.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

FeAST Replacement Development, Hosting & Support

Notice Description

The Feature Activity Sensitivity Tool (FeAST) Working Group made up of JNCC, Marine Scotland, Marine Scotland Science, NatureScot and SEPA are looking to redevelop the existing FeAST application. This is to address user feedback on areas where the current tool could be improved, allow the addition of different marine features and additional functionality. Additionally, the redevelopment is to provide a secure cloud-based hosting and support solution. This project is the second stage in the redevelopment process and aims to take the functional requirements captured in the first stage and use these to realise a new solution. The successful bidder is expected to work with the FeAST Working Group and other application users, in developing, testing, implementing, then hosting and supporting a redeveloped FeAST application. The Feature Activity Sensitivity Tool (FeAST) is a tool used to collate information on feature sensitivities, pressures, activities, and the evidence on which this is based for Scottish features of conservation importance. The sensitivity data contained in the FeAST tool originally came from a 2010 project, MB0102, led by the Marine Biological Association (MBA). The data was subsequently modified to make sensitivity assessments more applicable to Scottish features and activities, and pressures were altered to be in line with OSPAR work. The tool is currently hosted on the Marine Scotland (MS) website and has been live since 2013. A new introductory FeAST home page was published by NatureScot to help explain ongoing work . It is possible through FeAST to search by either marine feature or activity. FeAST presents assessments of sensitivity of Scottish features of conservation importance to various pressures (e.g., siltation) and links these to marine activities that could be associated with these pressures. It evaluates and combines assessments of tolerance and recovery to derive an overall sensitivity score. It does not consider the intensity, frequency or cumulative impacts from activities taking place at specific locations. Although there are other sensitivity tools a key distinction is that FeAST is the only tool that provides assessments at the wider feature level . The other tools assess sensitivity at a biotope level, i.e., a more detailed level in the habitat classification hierarchy. The aim in any redevelopment is to retain the current 'feature' level focus to help ensure its usability in the future. Much of the legislation and policy focus is on lists of habitats and species at a feature level, such as Priority Marine Features (PMFs),

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-16c0d95a-b3fd-46a6-b259-88fc485a91a4
Publication Source
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Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6e01c91d-c600-4c78-a5ca-c158676e62c7
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planned Procurement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Not specified
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (below threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

CPV Codes

90700000 - Environmental services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£46,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
31 Oct 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
31 Oct 2022Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
18 Nov 2022 - 25 Mar 2023 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
Contact Name
Sharon Joyce
Contact Email
sharon.joyce@jncc.gov.uk
Contact Phone
01733562626

Buyer Location

Locality
PETERBOROUGH
Postcode
PE1 1JY
Post Town
Peterborough
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH41 Peterborough
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Peterborough
Electoral Ward
Central
Westminster Constituency
Peterborough

Further Information

Notice Documents

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