Tender Results of Natural England

Desk-based study considering an offshore demonstration site for offshore renewables-Desk-based study to determine the potential to establish an offshore demonstration site within England's territorial waters with the specific aim of being a testing ground of new and novel technologies and approaches which could be used by the Offshore Renewables and other (Oil and Gas, Hydrocarbon, CCSU, Aggregates) sectors.

Quality assurance and adaptation of Relevant Factor Diagrams for the HWNS tool-This contract will support us in enhancing the current state of the three Relevant Factor Diagrams by carrying out several presentational changes to them. After initial known presentational changes have been made further changes will be required. These changes will need to be identified through active engagement with several partners who are familiar with the tool and helped with the current development of the Relevant Factor Diagrams. A list of individuals will be provided to the successful app...

Technology 3rd party data and NEF indicators - Feasibility Study-Natural England are reforming how we monitor protected sites, with the focus shifting to include the usage of 3rd party and monitoring technologies e.g. Earth Observation . This will increase efficiency and capacity for condition assessments to be made partially or entirely remotely, allowing more sites to be monitored in less time and management resources distributed effectively based on current information. Considering all habitats, this project will investigate approaches that would be ava...

CSD Promotional film-As part of improving the Chief Scientist Directorate's (CSD) working relationships across Natural England, we wish to promote CSD through a short film (3 minutes) that we can share both with colleagues across the organisation and with external stakeholders. The contractor will interview and capture footage of staff working from c.six different work areas, for example surveying in the field or in the lab. The requirement is then to edit these together into a montage, using music and subtitle...

Data analysis testing for a State of Natural Capital Report-This contract will inform the production of a future State of Natural Capital Report. The contract will explore the data and carryout test analysis for a suite of datasets and indicators. The contract will share lessons learned from the data testing, as well as clear, repeatable methods for future analysis.

Evaluation of Year 2 of Health Wellbeing Nature & Sustainability decision support tool-We are looking for a contractor to deliver an evaluation of the second year of this project, which is developing and testing a new decision support tool that will enable local and combined authorities to better integrate health, wellbeing, nature and sustainability into their strategic planning. The tool is being developed in partnership with four local and combined authorities: Liverpool Combined Authority; Norfolk County Council; Sandwell Metropolitan Council; and Surrey County Council. Thi...

Countryside Survey data testing for a State of Natural Capital Report-This contract will inform the production of a future State of Natural Capital Report. The contract will explore the Countryside Survey (2007) to consider which data can be used in an initial State of Natural Capital Report, identify the metric to be used and test and develop a method for data analysis.

Workshop with Local Authorities for Relevant Factor Diagrams for HWNS tool-We are looking for a facilitator to design and run workshops on the Relevant Facotr Diagrams developed as part of the HWNS tool.We plan to hold a half-day in person workshop with the four LA partner authorities; Liverpool Combined Authority, Norfolk County Council, Sandwell Metropolitan Council and Surrey County Council. The primary aims of these workshops are: •To further enhance the pilot's awareness and understanding of HWNS, how they can use the tool and what benefits they can gain f...

Fish Species Symposium-The contractor would organise and deliver two species-specific symposiums to be held before April 2023, and produce a summary report. The events aim to bring researchers, regulators, and Defra ALBs together at species-specific symposiums to: i) derive a clear consensus on current ecological understanding in England, and how this may vary across the species range, ii) discuss how this understanding can be used by managers to improve the conservation status of English populations, and ...

Understanding the relationship between mobile bedforms and cable installations in the North Sea-A recurring issue for cable installations within territorial and offshore waters is the exposure of cables post installation and the subsequent need for external cable protection (e.g. Race Bank, BritNed, IFA2, Nemo, London Array). Mobile sediment bedforms (such as sandwaves and megaripples), which actively migrate across the seabed, have the potential to expose cables. In turn, cable exposure could result in scour (or secondary scour) and the removal of seabed sediments. Uncertainty regarding...