--- title: "Guidance and Best Practice for DNA-based Species Monitoring" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-dcf6b5d1-19b9-4b78-86e2-38f8ba70a646" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-dcf6b5d1-19b9-4b78-86e2-38f8ba70a646" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-dcf6b5d1-19b9-4b78-86e2-38f8ba70a646.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-dcf6b5d1-19b9-4b78-86e2-38f8ba70a646.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "JNCC SUPPORT CO" published: "2019-12-05" --- # Guidance and Best Practice for DNA-based Species Monitoring Buyer: JNCC SUPPORT CO Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-dcf6b5d1-19b9-4b78-86e2-38f8ba70a646 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-dcf6b5d1-19b9-4b78-86e2-38f8ba70a646) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-dcf6b5d1-19b9-4b78-86e2-38f8ba70a646.json) ## Summary The JNCC Support Co is seeking tenders for a project titled "Guidance and Best Practice for DNA-based Species Monitoring," aimed at facilitating the use of DNA-based monitoring methods among environmental public bodies. This project falls under the environmental services industry category and is located in the East of England. The procurement is currently in the active tender stage, with a deadline for submissions set for 6 December 2019. The contract period is expected to commence on 13 December 2019 and run through to 20 March 2020, with a total budget of £25,000, following an open procedure for the procurement method. This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in environmental services, particularly those experienced in DNA-based methodologies and ecological monitoring. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are encouraged to participate, as the project aims to identify robust and cost-effective solutions for operational challenges faced by public bodies. Businesses adept in methodical research, data analysis, and ecological management will find this procurement particularly relevant and advantageous for expanding their service offerings within the governmental and environmental sectors. ## Notice The overall aim is to help facilitate greater use of DNA-based monitoring of species and ecosystems by environmental public bodies. This will be achieved by providing information and guidance to improve understanding of how decisions in the application of DNA-based methods can influence results, and by identifying practices that allow cost-effective DNA-based methods to be developed and implemented with confidence. 3. Project Background DNA-based methods for detecting and identifying species have many potential applications within the Defra group of organisations (APHA, Defra, CEFAS, Environment Agency, Forest Research, JNCC, Kew, MMO, Natural England). These include surveillance for invasive or rare species, characterising communities to assess the condition of protected sites, understanding the effects of management interventions, and describing the functioning and resilience of ecosystems. However, uptake for operational use faces several challenges. To contribute to addressing these challenges, Defra have established a Centre of Excellence (CoE) to support greater uptake of DNA-based methods for monitoring species and ecosystems. The CoE brings together expertise from across the Defra group of organisations to identify and tackle shared priorities through a series of projects. A major difficulty for several CoE organisations is the diversity of potential approaches to using DNA-based monitoring methods and the way these differing approaches can affect results ,2. This is a problem because organisations require robust methods that produce spatially and temporally comparable results (e.g. long-term monitoring, informing conservation actions, guiding environmental management and regulation, reporting under intentional biodiversity agreements). Accordingly, initial consultation within the CoE highlighted uncertainty over methods as a key barrier to uptake across marine, freshwater, and terrestrial systems. Furthermore, government organisations have constraints that mean the ideal solution may not be logistically or financially viable to apply at the required scale. For operational use, it is therefore also important to identify methodological areas where pragmatic decisions can be made that help alleviate these constraints without overly compromising results. 4. Project Objectives To meet the overall aim of this project (Section 2), the objectives are to: * Clarify uncertainties that public bodies have over how the approach to sample collection, storage, processing, and data analysis affect the results of DNA-based monitoring, and identify any areas of remaining uncertainty * Understand the requirements and operational constraints that public bodies have in relation to using DNA for monitoring * Provide guidance to support public bodies commissioning the development of DNA-based monitoring methods * Scope the content and structure for a best practice guidance document to support the operational use of DNA in monitoring species and communities. Additional information: You are invited by JNCC Support Co (JNCC) to submit a tender for the supply of works or services required under the above project. If interested, you should download and carefully read the documents contained within the zip file or by following the link. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d0489cf8-d679-4ae9-932a-6f0804e9ac71 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | 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 | 5 Dec 2019 | | Submission deadline | 6 Dec 2019 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 13 Dec 2019 - 20 Mar 2020 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £25,000 | | 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 | JNCC SUPPORT CO | | Locality | PETERBOROUGH | | Post town | Peterborough | | Postcode | PE1 1JY | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | | ITL 3 | TLH41 Peterborough | | Local authority | Peterborough | | Electoral ward | Central | | Westminster constituency | Peterborough | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services ### Codes - 90700000 - Environmental services ## Release History - 5 Dec 2019 at 14:43 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d0489cf8-d679-4ae9-932a-6f0804e9ac71 - 29 Nov 2019 at 10:59 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d0489cf8-d679-4ae9-932a-6f0804e9ac71 - 14 Nov 2019 at 15:51 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d0489cf8-d679-4ae9-932a-6f0804e9ac71 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d0489cf8-d679-4ae9-932a-6f0804e9ac71 5th December 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/5219393b-6644-49fe-9d04-648c8bd7cc99 ITT documents - DNA CoE Methods Project - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/b9c479ea-c8c9-4442-85d6-b1c9067f6ef4 Q&A clarification questions - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/a07f4d7c-a0b4-44c6-a5d9-68dbf72d97eb Clarification question ## Notice URLs - http://jncc.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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