--- title: "Seafood 2040: Identification of the issues, needs, and best practice of skills, recruitment and retention in England's seafood industry" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-31b32804-5d57-49bb-b89e-450f24bfa6b2" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-31b32804-5d57-49bb-b89e-450f24bfa6b2" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-31b32804-5d57-49bb-b89e-450f24bfa6b2.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-31b32804-5d57-49bb-b89e-450f24bfa6b2.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "SEA FISH INDUSTRY AUTHORITY" published: "2019-09-16" --- # Seafood 2040: Identification of the issues, needs, and best practice of skills, recruitment and retention in England's seafood industry Buyer: SEA FISH INDUSTRY AUTHORITY Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-31b32804-5d57-49bb-b89e-450f24bfa6b2 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-31b32804-5d57-49bb-b89e-450f24bfa6b2) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-31b32804-5d57-49bb-b89e-450f24bfa6b2.json) ## Summary The Sea Fish Industry Authority is currently in the tender stage for the project titled "Seafood 2040: Identification of the issues, needs, and best practice of skills, recruitment and retention in England's seafood industry." This procurement focuses on the research services industry and is set in various regions across the United Kingdom, including North East, North West, and London. Interested parties must submit their tenders by 3rd October 2019, as this is when the tender period concludes. The project has a budget of £47,400 and aims to gather data on the labour market and training practices within the seafood industry, leading to actionable recommendations. The anticipated contract period runs from 9th December 2019 to 31st May 2020. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in research consultancy, economic impact assessments, and academic research. Businesses that can provide qualitative and quantitative data analysis and can conduct regional workshops would be particularly well-suited to compete. Additionally, entities with experience in mapping workforce skills and retention strategies within the seafood industry would find this project aligns with their expertise, potentially leading to growth opportunities in a sector that is currently seeking to enhance its workforce capabilities. ## Notice Seafish wants to appoint an experienced researcher, consultant or consortium to deliver part of SF2040 Recommendation 16: - Map skills, recruitment and retention needs and issues across the entire value chain and - Review best practice with regards to training, skills development and workforce retention within the UK and overseas. Tenders are invited to collect quantitative and qualitative data on seafood labour market intelligence (e.g. migration, labour force patterns, etc.) and conduct regional workshops and interviews as well as develop a survey in order to assess and review the seafood industry's: 1. recruitment and retention needs and issues 2. national and international best practice in training, skills development, and workforce retention 3. current training infrastructure to identify areas of improvement The data collection, assessment and review will culminate in meaningful and feasible recommendations from net to plate based on the information and findings captured. Seafish requires a consultant, researcher, agency, and/or consortium that will be able to deliver the following activities and outputs: - Bespoke qualitative and quantitative research resulting in a tidy, easy to follow dataset in Excel format for future use by Seafish and other stakeholders - Final report with an Executive Summary, Recommendations, Conclusion and Reference sections with clever and relevant infographics for easy digestion of data etc. - Two stages of presentations to the Project Steering Committee More information can be found in the attached invitation to tender document. Before making the decision to bid for this tender, please note that the project is dependent upon external funding. Seafish intends to apply to the EMFF and as part of the process an invitation to tender is required. This project will not occur without external funding. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fcebf883-a275-40af-bf55-58bf3c8c2039 | | Notice type | Tender 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 | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 16 Sep 2019 | | Submission deadline | 3 Oct 2019 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 9 Dec 2019 - 31 May 2020 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £47,400 | | 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 | SEA FISH INDUSTRY AUTHORITY | | Locality | EDINBURGH | | Post town | Edinburgh | | Postcode | EH7 4HS | | Country | Scotland | | ITL 1 | TLM Scotland | | ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland | | ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh | | Local authority | City of Edinburgh | | Electoral ward | Leith Walk | | Westminster constituency | Edinburgh North and Leith | | 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), TLM Scotland | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 73110000 - Research services - 73210000 - Research consultancy services - 79311400 - Economic research services - 79311410 - Economic impact assessment ## Release History - 16 Sep 2019 at 10:12 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fcebf883-a275-40af-bf55-58bf3c8c2039 - 16 Sep 2019 at 10:01 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fcebf883-a275-40af-bf55-58bf3c8c2039 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fcebf883-a275-40af-bf55-58bf3c8c2039 16th September 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/2086568a-d433-43d3-af86-9fbc22302eb2 ITT - Seafood 2040 - TD2020-003 - https://www.seafish.org/article/tenders ITT Seafish Link ## Notice URLs - http://www.seafish.org ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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