Awarded contract

East Marine Plan Replacement – Sustainability Appraisal

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): SLR Consulting Ltd
Value: £123,363.88
Topic: Environmental services
Published: 1 February 2024
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

East Marine Plan Replacement – Sustainability Appraisal Lot 1: The aim of this project is to appoint a contractor who will be able to assist in the development; management and production of the complete Sustainability Appraisal (SA) for the east marine plan areas; east inshore and east offshore. This is a statutory requirement under the Marine and Coastal Access Act (2009) and The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations (2004). This work will include but is not limited to: • Scoping - Setting the context, establishing the baseline, and deciding on the scope of the appraisal. • Developing and refining marine plan alternatives (options) and appraising the effects. • Preparing the SA Report. • Analysis and consideration of public consultation comments to make amendments to the SA’s Final report – including consideration of any policy wording changes and appraising any significant changes and; Monitoring the significant effects of implementing the marine plans.

Timeline

Completed: Award date30 October 2023
Completed: Award published1 February 2024
Current notice

About the buyer

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a ministerial department that also buys through agencies such as the Environment Agency, the Rural Payments Agency and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. DEFRA also procures goods and services through the Crown Commercial Service. Existing contracts and frameworks set up under the previous procurement regulations remain valid until they expire.

Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.

Decision makers

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