# RDE599 Marine Net Gain Pilots Development Project

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Natural England](/buyers/natural-england/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Howell Marine Consulting](/contract-winners/howell-marine-consulting/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £82,940
- Tender value: £82,940
- Award date: 19 July 2024
- Published: 19 August 2024
- Contract start: 19 July 2024
- Contract end: 28 March 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 50a08a93-df50-4072-8bc3-e88e4033c60c-778404
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d61968ee-7468-485e-8eb4-f5c83bc31a1b

## Description

Aim: Develop recommendations for pilot projects in English waters that demonstrate potential implementation pathways to deliver gains for Marine Net Gain \(MNG\)\. Output: Report detailing a plan for what is in scope for MNG pilots projects and recommendations on how they could be delivered\. Objectives & Deliverables: Objective 1: Review and refine the elements to be in scope and tested through pilot projects to deliver gains\. Deliverable 1: Report detailing a consolidated list of elements which are in scope for MNG pilot testing\. Objective 2: Develop pilot project pathways for a suite of pilots that meet the elements from objective 1\." Deliverable 2: Report detailing a plan for undertaking a suite of pilots, and the pathways for delivering gains for each pilot across a range of themes\. The plan should include feasibility and potential challenges from gain delivery interventions\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/50a08a93-df50-4072-8bc3-e88e4033c60c-778404)