Expired contract

Species Evidence Base - version 2; Invertebrates

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): Buglife Services Ltd
Value: £113,232
Duration: 1 year
Topic: Environmental services
Published: 1 March 2024
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

In 2022-23, the pilot phase of the Species Evidence Base (SEB) project aimed to demonstrate, as a proof of concept, that wide-ranging species information and evidence can be gathered and analysed in one place (a prototype database: SEB version 1). We achieved this aim. The purpose of the next stage of this project is to develop SEB into a user-friendly Natural England internal tool, drawing on the series of recommendations generated through the pilot evaluation. Working with a broader range of stakeholders and wider project steering group to help guide this work, we will be commissioning specialist taxonomic group experts to improve and expand on the evidence gathered last year, based on the feedback provided.

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 February 2024
Completed: Award published1 March 2024
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date31 January 2025

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.

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