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Guidance and Best Practice for DNA-based Species Monitoring

JNCC SUPPORT CO

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Summary of the contracting process

The JNCC Support Co is seeking tenders for a project titled "Guidance and Best Practice for DNA-based Species Monitoring," aimed at facilitating the use of DNA-based monitoring methods among environmental public bodies. This project falls under the environmental services industry category and is located in the East of England. The procurement is currently in the active tender stage, with a deadline for submissions set for 6 December 2019. The contract period is expected to commence on 13 December 2019 and run through to 20 March 2020, with a total budget of £25,000, following an open procedure for the procurement method.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in environmental services, particularly those experienced in DNA-based methodologies and ecological monitoring. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are encouraged to participate, as the project aims to identify robust and cost-effective solutions for operational challenges faced by public bodies. Businesses adept in methodical research, data analysis, and ecological management will find this procurement particularly relevant and advantageous for expanding their service offerings within the governmental and environmental sectors.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Guidance and Best Practice for DNA-based Species Monitoring

Notice Description

The overall aim is to help facilitate greater use of DNA-based monitoring of species and ecosystems by environmental public bodies. This will be achieved by providing information and guidance to improve understanding of how decisions in the application of DNA-based methods can influence results, and by identifying practices that allow cost-effective DNA-based methods to be developed and implemented with confidence. 3. Project Background DNA-based methods for detecting and identifying species have many potential applications within the Defra group of organisations (APHA, Defra, CEFAS, Environment Agency, Forest Research, JNCC, Kew, MMO, Natural England). These include surveillance for invasive or rare species, characterising communities to assess the condition of protected sites, understanding the effects of management interventions, and describing the functioning and resilience of ecosystems. However, uptake for operational use faces several challenges. To contribute to addressing these challenges, Defra have established a Centre of Excellence (CoE) to support greater uptake of DNA-based methods for monitoring species and ecosystems. The CoE brings together expertise from across the Defra group of organisations to identify and tackle shared priorities through a series of projects. A major difficulty for several CoE organisations is the diversity of potential approaches to using DNA-based monitoring methods and the way these differing approaches can affect results ,2. This is a problem because organisations require robust methods that produce spatially and temporally comparable results (e.g. long-term monitoring, informing conservation actions, guiding environmental management and regulation, reporting under intentional biodiversity agreements). Accordingly, initial consultation within the CoE highlighted uncertainty over methods as a key barrier to uptake across marine, freshwater, and terrestrial systems. Furthermore, government organisations have constraints that mean the ideal solution may not be logistically or financially viable to apply at the required scale. For operational use, it is therefore also important to identify methodological areas where pragmatic decisions can be made that help alleviate these constraints without overly compromising results. 4. Project Objectives To meet the overall aim of this project (Section 2), the objectives are to: * Clarify uncertainties that public bodies have over how the approach to sample collection, storage, processing, and data analysis affect the results of DNA-based monitoring, and identify any areas of remaining uncertainty * Understand the requirements and operational constraints that public bodies have in relation to using DNA for monitoring * Provide guidance to support public bodies commissioning the development of DNA-based monitoring methods * Scope the content and structure for a best practice guidance document to support the operational use of DNA in monitoring species and communities. Additional information: You are invited by JNCC Support Co (JNCC) to submit a tender for the supply of works or services required under the above project. If interested, you should download and carefully read the documents contained within the zip file or by following the link.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-dcf6b5d1-19b9-4b78-86e2-38f8ba70a646
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d0489cf8-d679-4ae9-932a-6f0804e9ac71
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
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
£25,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
5 Dec 20196 years ago
Submission Deadline
6 Dec 2019Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
13 Dec 2019 - 20 Mar 2020 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
JNCC SUPPORT CO
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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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 URLs

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