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title: "RDE590 National seagrass nutrient survey 2024-2025"
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# RDE590 National seagrass nutrient survey 2024-2025

Buyer: ENVIRONMENT AGENCY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-60a57029-bf6d-489d-bb8e-3ff3b1501aa3

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## Summary

The Environment Agency has awarded a contract for the project titled "RDE590 National seagrass nutrient survey 2024-2025" to UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH). The project aims to improve ecosystem services evidence in key coastal habitats by studying nutrient removal by seagrass and mudflat habitats. The contract value is £99,965.72 GBP, and the tender period ended on 24th June 2024. The contract runs from 1st July 2024 to 31st March 2025.

This selective procurement process, part of the marine Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment Programme, presents business opportunities for companies specialising in research and development consultancy services. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are considered suitable bidders. This contract opens doors for businesses interested in environmental research and coastal ecosystem management, offering a chance to contribute to understanding and preserving coastal natural capital assets.

## Notice

As part of Year 3 of the marine Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment Programme (mNCEA), the Environment Agency are running a project called the Land-Sea Interface (LSI), which aims to improve the evidence of ecosystem services in key estuarine and coastal habitats, such as saltmarsh, seagrass and shellfish beds. This project will build on last year's work (2023-2024) and aims to address the evidence gap in the rate at which nutrients (N and P) are removed from the water column and sediments by seagrass and mudflat habitats through denitrification. Specifically, it will target the evidence gap of how different seagrass beds and mudflats across the country with different characteristics (particularly sediments type) influence denitrification. The evidence from this project can then be fed into the Cefas Combined Phytoplankton- Macroalgae (CPM) model. This will enable us to better understand the full range of services and benefits provided by our coastal natural capital assets.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ae792084-49d6-4b1a-b70d-47e3d7670f28 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Jul 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 24 Jun 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 8 Jul 2024 |
| Contract period | 30 Jun 2024 - 31 Mar 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £99,965 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £99,965 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ENVIRONMENT AGENCY |
| 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 |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY (UKCEH |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services

## Release History

- 15 Jul 2024 at 09:07 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ae792084-49d6-4b1a-b70d-47e3d7670f28

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ae792084-49d6-4b1a-b70d-47e3d7670f28
  15th July 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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