--- title: "Monitoring Cable Protection" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-c2a3e20f-26a3-48fe-9c8a-70fc69342237" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-c2a3e20f-26a3-48fe-9c8a-70fc69342237" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-c2a3e20f-26a3-48fe-9c8a-70fc69342237.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-c2a3e20f-26a3-48fe-9c8a-70fc69342237.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "NATURAL ENGLAND" published: "2023-08-02" --- # Monitoring Cable Protection Buyer: NATURAL ENGLAND Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c2a3e20f-26a3-48fe-9c8a-70fc69342237 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-c2a3e20f-26a3-48fe-9c8a-70fc69342237) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-c2a3e20f-26a3-48fe-9c8a-70fc69342237.json) ## Summary The tender titled "Monitoring Cable Protection" is being procured by Natural England. It falls under the industry category of Technical publications and is located in the United Kingdom. The procurement stage is in the tender phase with a deadline for submission set for 05/09/2023. The procurement method is an open procedure with a contract period starting on 18/09/2023 and ending on 29/02/2024. This opportunity for "Monitoring Cable Protection" offered by Natural England presents avenues for business growth, particularly for businesses involved in services related to offshore wind environmental assessments and protection measures. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are well-suited to compete in this tender process, which aims to enhance understanding of the ecological impacts of cable protection measures for evidence-based decision-making in offshore development. ## Notice Offshore wind external cable protection measures are commonplace in offshore wind farms to protect free span areas of cables between a substructure and the buried cable section. Environmental impact assessments (e.g., EIAs and HRAs) assume total loss of habitat beneath cable protection. However, there is some uncertainty as to whether ecological function, of the habitat the cable protection is deployed on, can continue for some cable protection measures (depending on the substrata that the cable is deployed upon) and whether different cable protection measures have different levels of effect. Offshore Wind Environmental Evidence Register (OWEER) considers impacts of introduced hard substrate on benthic habitats and species as priority area of research and a remaining evidence gap. Ascertaining a better understanding of the ecological function of benthic habitats to anthropogenic hard substrate could potentially reduce short term and long term consenting risks and support the offshore development aspiration of the BESS. Whilst regulators must balance priorities between environmental impacts of cable protection measures with other considerations, including the views of commercial fisheries, this project intends to focus on increasing evidence of ecological impacts of cable protection measures to support evidence-based decision-making. Additional information: To apply for this opportunity you must submit your quotation meeting the requirements detailed in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) attached. Your response must be sent to lucy.crooks@naturalengland.org.uk by 17:00 on 05/09/2023. If you have any clarification questions linked to this opportunity or the procurement process please submit these via email to lucy.crooks@naturalengland.org.uk. Please note that, unless commercially sensitive, both the question and the response will be circulated to all tenderers. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/89f87872-e131-41af-8ed8-9cd624938ae8 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 2 Aug 2023 | | Submission deadline | 5 Sep 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 17 Sep 2023 - 29 Feb 2024 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £41,665 | | 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 | ASHFORD | | Post town | Tonbridge | | Postcode | TN23 1HU | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ4 Kent | | ITL 3 | TLJ45 Mid Kent | | Local authority | Ashford | | Electoral ward | Victoria | | Westminster constituency | Ashford | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 22 - Printed matter and related products ### Codes - 22121000 - Technical publications ## Release History - 2 Aug 2023 at 10:25 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/89f87872-e131-41af-8ed8-9cd624938ae8 - 1 Aug 2023 at 10:33 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/89f87872-e131-41af-8ed8-9cd624938ae8 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/89f87872-e131-41af-8ed8-9cd624938ae8 2nd August 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/502eced8-0b24-4690-868a-ba80d94e0b32 - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/10660487-064e-4a11-af7d-f3a37321d81b - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/784a256f-8d32-4a86-8bdf-ad80a3db5eb3 - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/47834453-b0f4-4dea-93b9-2f16067b436f ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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