Redevelopment of iRecord Butterflies Mobile App and Enchancements to the eSurveyor Mobile Application

A Contract Award Notice
by UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY

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Contracts Finder
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
1.5 month
Value
£31K
Sector
TECHNOLOGY
Published
19 Apr 2021
Delivery
20 Apr 2021 to 31 May 2021
Deadline
19 Apr 2021 00:00

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Location

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1 buyer

1 supplier

Description

Mobile application development for citizen science applications is closely aligned with the open source software Indicia, that is designed to collect structured biodiversity data via citizen science approaches. UKCEH are one of the main developers of the Indicia software tools, and host a data warehouse to support a range of citizen science projects. The mobile applications developed through this funding, via the Natural Capital Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA) project are integrated with Indicia to allow the data to flow into existing projects and analysis pipelines to support wider research applications.

Award Detail

1 Flumens (Wallingford)
  • Value: £30,800

CPV Codes

  • 72421000 - Internet or intranet client application development services

Indicators

  • Contract is suitable for SMEs.

Other Information

The supplier, Flumens, has specific expertise in using the Indicia software, built up through development of other mobile applications (e.g. iMammalia, Butterfly Count) - some funded through UKCEH projects and some developed through funding from other organisations. A recent tendering exercise with other suppliers of wildlife-focused mobile applications demonstrated that there is high extra cost (and time) for other suppliers developing capacity to work with Indicia.

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