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title: "EA Natural Capital Condition and Ecosystem Service Mapping Pilot"
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# EA Natural Capital Condition and Ecosystem Service Mapping Pilot

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3b7ddf08-4bbe-43a3-9e83-159d40ee7a36

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## Summary

The Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs is planning the "EA Natural Capital Condition and Ecosystem Service Mapping Pilot" procurement in the industry category of rural areas mapping services and research services in England. The tender is currently in the planning stage, with key milestones including the engagement end date set for 8th September 2023. The proposed procurement timetable indicates that the tender invite will be on 11th September, the tender return deadline is 2nd October, and the contract start date is 31st October.

This procurement opportunity led by the Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs could be of interest to businesses specialising in rural areas mapping services and research services. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are suitable for participation. The intention is to use an open competitive procurement process via the Atamis e-procurement system, offering opportunities for a wide range of providers to compete in this tender opportunity for creating pilot riverine natural capital maps and ecosystem service mapping.

## Notice

The Environment Agency (EA) are developing a specification to create pilot riverine natural capital condition and ecosystem service maps, with the longer-term aim of scaling these up nationally. User needs have been identified and the pilot maps will build on work previously undertaken in Phase 1 to review the inference of riverine natural capital condition from existing data, approaches to mapping asset condition, and the evidence base linking asset condition to provision of ecosystem services. It was found that in the absence of detailed riverine natural capital condition data at site scale condition indicators can be used to enhance our understanding of natural capital condition and ecosystem services and to create broadscale maps. This project (Phase 2) will develop and trial prototype riverine natural capital condition and ecosystem service mapping using the approaches, evidence and indicators identified in Phase 1. This package of work is funded by the Defra-wide Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA) programme which aims to transform landscape decision-making in England by providing a rich picture of the state of our terrestrial and marine environments and how they are changing. The intention is to use an open competitive procurement process to appoint the provider. The competition will be run via the Atamis e-procurement system. Any interested providers will need to register on Atamis before the tender invite date by going to URL https://atamis-9529.my.site.com/s/Welcome and clicking on 'Register Here'. If you encounter any problems whilst registering, then please contact the Atamis support desk, Tel: 029 2279 0052 or email: support@atamis.co.uk The proposed procurement timetable is: Tender Invite 11 September Tender Return 2 October Contract Start Date 31 October

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/36df287e-9915-4703-8f19-604254ec32ed |
| Notice type | Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Not specified |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 24 Aug 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 8 Sep 2023 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS |
| 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 | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 71222200 - Rural areas mapping services
- 73110000 - Research services

## Release History

- 24 Aug 2023 at 08:14 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/36df287e-9915-4703-8f19-604254ec32ed

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/36df287e-9915-4703-8f19-604254ec32ed
  24th August 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://atamis-9529.my.site.com/s/Welcome

## Provenance

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