--- title: "How can technology help us detect beaver burrows in the wild and assess their associated risks to public and private interests?" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03d36a" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03d36a" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03d36a.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03d36a.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE" published: "2023-06-02" --- # How can technology help us detect beaver burrows in the wild and assess their associated risks to public and private interests? Buyer: SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03d36a [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03d36a) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03d36a.json) ## Summary The Scottish Natural Heritage has awarded a contract for the project titled "How can technology help us detect beaver burrows in the wild and assess their associated risks to public and private interests?" in the research and development services industry category. The procurement process was in the tender stage and has now been cancelled. The deadline for the Accelerator stage of the procurement process was from October 3, 2022, to January 28, 2023. The buyer organisation is based in Inverness, United Kingdom. This opportunity created by Scottish Natural Heritage aims to develop a non-invasive method to detect problematic beaver burrows and assess associated risks. Businesses offering IT services like consulting and software development, environmental protection services, and innovative solutions for public sector challenges would be well-suited to compete in developing the required solution. The accelerated procurement process was chosen due to the timescales of the contract, presenting a challenging but potentially rewarding opportunity for businesses aiming for high-growth contracts with a public sector organisation. ## Notice Beavers are a protected species. However their burrowing sometimes causes us problems. Burrows have been associated with breaching of flood banking and water impoundments, undermining of infrastructure and collapse of sections of riverbank, impacting on businesses and livelihoods. Entrances to beaver burrows are usually dug below water, which can make detection difficult. A non-invasive method needs to be developed in order to both reliably detect potentially problematic burrows and assess the risk the burrow presents to infrastructure and people . A successful method will help anticipate the risk of problems arising from burrows, allowing targeted mitigation to help us live alongside beavers. Please visit our website for information on CivTech and how to get involved: https://www.civtech.scot/how-to-apply https://www.civtech.scot/selection-process ### Lot Information Lot 1 CivTech's mission is to drive daring and innovation in the public sector by collaboratively solving Challenges that make people's lives better - and in doing so create generations of sustainable, high growth businesses. CivTech brings together public sector expertise and private sector innovation to solve real problems, develop new products, and deliver better, faster and easier services for everyone. Central to the approach is co-production with the citizen. Part of the Scottish Government's Digital Directorate, CivTech's approach is helping transform public sector engagement with tech and innovation, delivering significant benefits to public services, producing genuine uplifts for the Scottish economy - and along the way, making lives better. Across the country there are problems public sector organisations would like to solve and in the current environment the need for smart, efficient and effective products has never been greater. The Scottish Government is aware innovation is a good way to create them and is committed to ensuring a large part of its tech spend goes to smaller, innovative businesses. This is where CivTech comes in. The CivTech Innovation Flow is designed to create products as quickly and effectively as possible, and uses a true Accelerator model at the heart of its Innovation Flow model. For you - whether you're an individual, team or company - it's an opportunity to take on a Challenge , solve it, and win contracts with a blue-chip public sector organisation. You'll build a product, and a business to take it as far as possible. Because here's the kicker: the Challenges we issue aren't 'single organisation' problems - most exist worldwide. In short: Open Challenges are set. Any organisation, team or individual can respond. Applications are assessed, and shortlisted proposals go into an Exploration Stage which runs from the 15th of August to the 2nd of September 2022, where they are then developed further [and for which participating applicants are paid]. The best go through to the Accelerator - a period of intensive work to create the solution, and through CivTech's unique business workshop system, a business capable of taking the product to the world. The Accelerator Stage will run from the 3rd of October 2022 to the 28th of January 2023. Please visit our website for information on CivTech and how to get involved: https://www.civtech.scot/how-to-apply https://www.civtech.scot/selection-process ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015727-2023 | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Large | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 2 Jun 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 20 Mar 2023 | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | £178,000 | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Cancelled | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE | | Locality | INVERNESS | | Post town | Inverness | | Postcode | IV3 8NW | | Country | Scotland | | ITL 1 | TLM Scotland | | ITL 2 | TLM2 Highlands and Islands | | ITL 3 | TLM20 Highlands and Islands | | Local authority | Highland | | Electoral ward | Inverness West | | Westminster constituency | Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire | | Delivery location | TLM Scotland | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | JEREMY BENN ASSOCIATES | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services - 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services ### Codes - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services - 90720000 - Environmental protection ## Release History - 2 Jun 2023 at 13:47 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015727-2023 ## Notice URLs - http://www.nature.scot - https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000694892 - https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:190636-2022:TEXT:EN:HTML - https://www.civtech.scot/how-to-apply - https://www.civtech.scot/selection-process - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00383 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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