--- title: "Farming in Protected Landscapes Evaluation" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-063ba8fd-9e3f-4e6f-b0fe-228d5336c9b5" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-063ba8fd-9e3f-4e6f-b0fe-228d5336c9b5" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-063ba8fd-9e3f-4e6f-b0fe-228d5336c9b5.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-063ba8fd-9e3f-4e6f-b0fe-228d5336c9b5.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL" published: "2021-07-02" --- # Farming in Protected Landscapes Evaluation Buyer: DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-063ba8fd-9e3f-4e6f-b0fe-228d5336c9b5 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-063ba8fd-9e3f-4e6f-b0fe-228d5336c9b5) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-063ba8fd-9e3f-4e6f-b0fe-228d5336c9b5.json) ## Summary The Defra Network eTendering Portal is currently conducting a tender titled "Farming in Protected Landscapes Evaluation" aimed at assessing the Farming in Protected Landscapes Programme. This programme will enable collaboration between National Parks, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and farmers from June 2021 until March 2024, focusing on environmental, climatic, and community outcomes. The tender, classified under the CPV code for research and development services, is at the active tender stage with a deadline for submissions set for 6th August 2021. The estimated contract value is between £350,000 and £500,000, and the successful contractor will begin work from 14th September 2021 until 13th July 2023. A market engagement event is scheduled for 12th July 2021 to clarify the scope of the tender. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses engaged in environmental consulting, research and development, and evaluation services. Those well-suited to compete include small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs) that specialise in innovative evaluation methods and evidence generation. Participation in this tender could enhance a business’s portfolio while contributing to important environmental initiatives aligned with government commitments to sustainability and biodiversity. ## Notice This tender is looking to evaluate the Farming in Protected Landscape Programme, which will fund National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty to collaborate with farmers and other land managers to deliver a range of projects within their local landscapes between June 2021 and March 2024. The programme will support delivery of outcomes for nature, climate, people and place, contributing to the Government's 25 Year Environment Plan, net zero and 30 by 30 commitments. The evaluation will assess process, outcomes and value-for-money, and improve understanding of what works, for whom, in what circumstances and why, across the four delivery themes of nature, climate, people and place. The evaluation will help Defra to gather and generate evidence to demonstrate the effectiveness of the programme; show what Protected Landscapes can deliver in partnership with farmers and land managers when provided with resource and space to do so; demonstrate project outcomes and wider impacts; and capture learning to feed back into programme design and implementation in the Protected Landscapes and inform future policy development in Defra. The evaluation contractors will be responsible for all aspects of the evaluation, using programme and project level monitoring and reporting data, other existing data, and collecting new data as appropriate. We anticipate that there will be a strong process evaluation component, particularly given the emphasis on partnership working, and that evaluators might consider theory-based approaches for the outcome and impact evaluation, such as realist or qualitative comparative analysis. Innovative or novel research methods and alternative approaches are welcome. A market engagement event will be held on 12th July 2-3pm via Teams. This will provide an opportunity to ask questions or request clarity on any parts of the specification that may be unclear. The link for the teams meeting can be found below: https://tinyurl.com/c7fsvc38 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c7fef84f-cda8-4ba7-ae7e-6607a8949bbe | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 2 Jul 2021 | | Submission deadline | 6 Aug 2021 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 13 Sep 2021 - 13 Jul 2023 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £500,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1P 3JR | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | St James's | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ### Codes - 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ## Release History - 2 Jul 2021 at 12:20 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c7fef84f-cda8-4ba7-ae7e-6607a8949bbe ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c7fef84f-cda8-4ba7-ae7e-6607a8949bbe 2nd July 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://tinyurl.com/c7fsvc38 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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