DAERA - Provision of Climate Change Support Services - Climate N.Ireland (ClimateNI) Project

DAERA funds the Climate Northern Ireland Project (Climate NI). Climate NI is an intersectoral network devoted to increasing understanding of climate change impacts and risks within Northern Ireland and promoting adaptation and mitigation actions necessary to address these. In order to support DAERA in meeting its requirements under the Climate Change Act 2008 and the Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, DAERA wishes to appoint a “Contractor” who will be responsible for delivering the requirements set out in the specification. The Contractor must also provide a Secretariat and Administration function to the Climate NI Project Steering Group. It is envisaged that this contract will require the working time of approximately three to four full time members of staff (based upon a 37-hr working week) with additional input from expert support staff, as and when required for a period of 3 years with 2 optional extension periods of 12 months each. TUPE is applicable to this contract (please refer to the tender documents for further details).