Expired contract

Award of Guidance for Development of Inshore MPAs Fishery Assessments (MS-P-0287)

Details

Buyer: Scottish Government
Supplier(s): Dta Ecology Ltd
Value: £9,960
Duration: 1 month
Topic: Research consultancy services
Published: 2 February 2024
Source: uk:public_contracts_scotland

Tender description

The Scottish Government will undertake fisheries assessments on commercial fishing activities within inshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) including Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), Special Protection Areas (SPAs) and, is considering the need for assessments in Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (ncMPAs). The Scottish Government is seeking to develop a fisheries assessment guidance package which contains a template for the fisheries assessments giving consideration to site overlaps, guidance on using these assessments and a case study showing the complexities involved in performing a fisheries assessment.

Timeline

Completed: Award date29 November 2023
Completed: Contract expiry date31 December 2023
Completed: Award published2 February 2024
Current notice

About the buyer

The Scottish Government is a devolved central government department that buys through its Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate. Regulated procurements across the Scottish public sector are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland, the national portal set up in 2008. Bids are usually submitted through PCS-Tender, the national eTendering system it funds. The directorate also runs frameworks covering construction, corporate services, ICT, professional services, utilities and HR. Many of these frameworks are open to the wider Scottish public sector as well as central government. The Supplier Development Programme offers free tender training to SMEs and third sector organisations.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Scottish Government's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and research and development.

Relevant CPV codes

73210000 · Research consultancy services

Decision makers

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