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title: "Further development of Marine Scotland's seabird sensitivity mapping tool, for the Offshore Renewables JIP for Offshore Wind (ORJIP OSW)"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000625153"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "THE CARBON TRUST"
published: "2021-07-28"
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# Further development of Marine Scotland's seabird sensitivity mapping tool, for the Offshore Renewables JIP for Offshore Wind (ORJIP OSW)

Buyer: THE CARBON TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000625153

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## Summary

The Carbon Trust is procuring the further development of Marine Scotland's seabird sensitivity mapping tool for the Offshore Renewables JIP for Offshore Wind (ORJIP OSW). The tender is currently at the award stage, with a total contract value of £84,822 signed on 23rd April 2021. This procurement process is classified under the services category and was initiated through an open procedure. Key details include the project's focus on enhancing the seabird sensitivity mapping tool's functionality, transparency, and geographical coverage, aimed at benefiting offshore wind assessments. 

This tender provides significant opportunities for businesses specialising in ecological research, marine biology, and environmental data analytics to engage in a vital project within the renewable energy sector. Companies with expertise in dataset integration, ecological modelling, or software development for environmental applications would be well-suited to compete. The project aims to improve decision-making frameworks for offshore wind developments, thereby contributing to sustainable energy solutions, making it attractive for consortia of specialists to participate.

## Notice

Calling for entries from companies and consortia interested to further develop Marine Scotland's seabird sensitivity mapping tool, created under ORJIP Offshore Wind Stage 1.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Calling for entries from companies and consortia interested to further develop Marine Scotland's seabird sensitivity mapping tool, created under ORJIP Offshore Wind Stage 1. The existing tool was delivered by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) in June 2019, and is capable of estimating, for the Scottish coastline waters: a) the relative importance of a location for individual seabird species and species groups, b) the likelihood of birds at that location being from a SPA population, and c) their sensitivity to offshore wind farm developments. This report can be made available to potential bidders upon request. This new project looks to further develop the tool, and will require the contractor to: a) Expand the scope of the tool by incorporating additional datasets and improving it's functionality b) Improve the tool's flexibility in updating existing, and accepting new, distribution data (e.g. GPS and at-sea surveys) c) Improve the tool's transparency to make clear what underlying data the outputs are based on d) Address uncertainties and sensitivities in the tool e) Extend the tool's geographical coverage to beyond Scotland f) Future proof the tool as reasonably as possible g) Make the tool publicly available online h) Provide 3rd party validation of the tool i) Prepare a manuscript for publication in a peer reviewed scientific journal

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL422445 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract 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 | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Jul 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 14 Aug 2020 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 23 Apr 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £84,822 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE CARBON TRUST |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 9NT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark |
| Local authority | Southwark |
| Electoral ward | Borough & Bankside |
| Westminster constituency | Bermondsey and Old Southwark |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 7 |
| Supplier names | BANGOR UNIVERSITY; BIOSS; BRITISH TRUST FOR ORNITHOLOGY; CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY; DMP STATISTICAL SOLUTIONS; RSPB; THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services

## Release History

- 28 Jul 2021 at 00:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL422445
- 8 Jul 2020 at 00:00 - Tender - PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL389875

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL389875&idx=1
  8th July 2020 - Tender Documents:
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL389875
  Further development of Marine Scotland's seabird sensitivity mapping tool, for the Offshore Renewables JIP for Offshore Wind (ORJIP OSW) - Calling for entries from companies and consortia interested to further develop Marine Scotland's seabird sensitivity mapping tool, created under ORJIP Offshore Wind Stage 1.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL422445
  Further development of Marine Scotland's seabird sensitivity mapping tool, for the Offshore Renewables JIP for Offshore Wind (ORJIP OSW) - Calling for entries from companies and consortia interested to further develop Marine Scotland's seabird sensitivity mapping tool, created under ORJIP Offshore Wind Stage 1.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000625153
- https://www.carbontrust.com/
- https://www.carbontrust.com/news-and-events/tenders

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