Tender Results of Office For Environmental Protection

INS301-02 NI Nutrients - Divergence on Nutrients between NI and RoI-To support the OEP in reaching a position on the issues, risks and opportunities posed by actual or potential regulatory divergence on environmental protection in Northern Ireland. Having set out the wider background, we then require a more detailed assessment of the issues that any such regulatory divergence could have for nutrient management in Northern Ireland. 3.2 This objective will be achieved through review and explanation of the following areas, as described further in section 5: A...

INS301-01 Evaluation of the Northern Ireland Wastewater System-To carry out an assessment of the discharges from sewage and industrial Waste Water Systems in Northern Ireland in order to identify which component of the system posed the biggest threat to aquatic ecosystems This objective will be achieved through review and critical appraisal of the following areas, as described further in the Invitation to Tender: - To map out the wastewater systems in Northern Ireland to inform the identification of relevant data and information needed to deliver this...

COS416-01 HR Software & Managed Payroll-The objective of this procurement is to provide the OEP with an integrated system comprising: • a user-friendly, flexible, web hosted HR software solution that supports all OEP staff and roles throughout the end-to-end HR lifecycle. • a fully-managed payroll service that ensures all OEP staff are paid accurately and on-time, with minimal intervention needed from the OEP HR and finance teams. THIS PROCUREMENT HAS CONCLUDED AND THE CONTRACT AWARDED

INS302-01 Review of the monitoring and regulatory landscape for bycatch in UK marine waters-The overarching objective of this project is to provide a critical appraisal of the current regulatory and policy frameworks for both monitoring and managing bycatch in UK marine waters. This is a crucial project required to inform the OEP's wider work on holding government to account for the achievement of Good Environmental Status (GES) under the UK Marine Strategy. For the purposes of this project, 'bycatch' will be taken to mean the "unintentional capture or entangleme...

Analysis of Local Nature Recovery Strategies-The objective of this project is to provide evidence and analysis that will enable us to influence the development of Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS), to maximise their ability to contribute to achieving the UK Government's legally-binding targets of halting the decline in species abundance by 2030 and increasing species abundance by 2042 in particular and, more broadly, the goal of achieving 'thriving plants and wildlife' by January 2043. The project is structured into t...