--- title: "Marine, Coast and Estuarine Citizen Science Review to inform marine Natural Capital in English Waters" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-64c601e2-7163-4829-a47a-c77fc32b2550" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-64c601e2-7163-4829-a47a-c77fc32b2550" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-64c601e2-7163-4829-a47a-c77fc32b2550.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-64c601e2-7163-4829-a47a-c77fc32b2550.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "NATURAL ENGLAND" published: "2022-08-12" --- # Marine, Coast and Estuarine Citizen Science Review to inform marine Natural Capital in English Waters Buyer: NATURAL ENGLAND Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-64c601e2-7163-4829-a47a-c77fc32b2550 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-64c601e2-7163-4829-a47a-c77fc32b2550) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-64c601e2-7163-4829-a47a-c77fc32b2550.json) ## Summary Natural England has initiated a procurement process for the title "Marine, Coast and Estuarine Citizen Science Review to inform marine Natural Capital in English Waters" in the industry category of Marine research services. The procurement is at the "Tender" stage with a planned contract period from September 12, 2022, to November 04, 2022. The deadline for tender submissions is August 21, 2022. The buying organisation aims to develop a comprehensive review of Citizen Science initiatives in marine environments to understand natural capital assets. This tender opportunity by Natural England for marine research services provides a chance for businesses, particularly those involved in research consultancy services, to contribute to the evidence base on England's natural capital. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) could find this tender suitable for their capabilities. Businesses focusing on social and economic aspects, as well as ecological research related to marine environments, are well-suited to compete for this contract, which aims to gather valuable data for environmental policy and biodiversity monitoring in the UK. ## Notice The primary aim of the NCEA programme is to collect data to build the evidence base on the extent and condition of England's natural capital. Citizen Science is one of the cross-cutting tools we have for collecting these data, alongside professional surveys, and earth observation. Citizen Science is already essential to environmental policy, forming the majority of current biodiversity monitoring in the UK. It complements and augments standard scientific approaches. Critically it has the potential to contribute even more significant amounts of useful data in places and of a richness that cannot be achieved by other means. The 'NCEA Citizen Science: Strategy for 2022-2025' (Feb 2022, internal report) outlines strategic priorities to develop the use of citizen science within Defra's arms' length bodies (ALBs) with a vision of engaging people with their natural world to contribute to better knowledge and decision-making for the recovery of nature. Priority 2 of the report highlights the need to clarify the current citizen science landscape including summarising the existing citizen science activities and recording what citizen science projects are more closely related to NCEA and why. The focus of this contract is to develop a comprehensive review of Citizen Science (CS) initiatives in the marine, coastal and estuarine environments around England to understand the evidence base for available natural capital assets. Initiatives of interest to the Marine Natural Capital and Ecosystem A approach are both biological and social; Social and economic: includes health and wellbeing, demographics, recreation and tourism, economics Ecological: includes benthic, fish, marine mammals, and seabirds Within each of these areas of interest further subdivision of evidence resolution is required, for example, for ecological: species' occurrence, condition, distribution, abundance, phenology demographics, and for social: recreational activity, marine litter, time spent at coast, estimate spend, distance travelled, feelings, perceptions, emotional connection. For further detail, please refer to attached documentation. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e980226b-e40d-4d0d-a43c-aae58917ad66 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Limited | | Procurement method details | Competitive quotation (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 12 Aug 2022 | | Submission deadline | 21 Aug 2022 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 11 Sep 2022 - 4 Nov 2022 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £24,999 | | 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 | NATURAL ENGLAND | | Locality | YORK | | Post town | York | | Postcode | YO1 7PX | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE2 North Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE21 York | | Local authority | York | | Electoral ward | Guildhall | | Westminster constituency | York Central | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ### Codes - 73112000 - Marine research services - 73210000 - Research consultancy services ## Release History - 12 Aug 2022 at 13:21 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e980226b-e40d-4d0d-a43c-aae58917ad66 - 20 Jul 2022 at 15:19 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e980226b-e40d-4d0d-a43c-aae58917ad66 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e980226b-e40d-4d0d-a43c-aae58917ad66 12th August 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/63663d9f-c27a-4ecf-9fc7-289c43d897d5 RFQ for Marine, Coast and Estuarine Citizen Science Review for marineNCEA - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/64650c18-be53-4b13-9fac-fae2adc810f2 This document includes clarification responses up to 17:45 on 11/08/22 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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