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C-21282 Guidance for Regional Councils on the Use of Overseer in Regional Plans and Consenting

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RFx ID : 22196416
Tender Name : C-21282 Guidance for Regional Councils on the Use of Overseer in Regional Plans and Consenting
Reference # : C - 21282 Restricted Tender
Open Date : Tuesday, 21 January 2020 3:30 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)
Close Date  : Wednesday, 5 February 2020 3:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)
Tender Type : Request for Proposals (RFP)
Tender Coverage : Sole Agency  [?]
Categories :
  • 80000000 - Management and Business Professionals and Administrative Services
Regions:
  • New Zealand
Exemption Reason : None
Required Pre-qualifications : None
Contact : Michael Dunn
michael.dunn2@mpi.govt.nz
+64-4-894-0170
Alternate Physical Delivery Address  :
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Overview

Overseer is a farm-level decision support system used to advise on the management of nutrients and greenhouse gas emission from an individual farm. It is widely used throughout New Zealand by pastoral (dairy, beef, sheep, and deer) farmers and their advisors. It can provide farmers with valuable information when making judgments about farm management.
Different councils currently use Overseer differently. Seven councils do not explicitly reference Overseer in their regional policy statements or resource management plans. However, even where councils do not explicitly reference Overseer in these documents, they may still use it.
To support councils we need best practice guidance developed for designing plan provisions that use Overseer as part of a framework involving nitrogen-loss limits for regional councils.

This Request for Proposal (RFP) offers suppliers an opportunity to put in a proposal for the delivery of best practice guidance to using Overseer in a regulatory environment to support the PSLU package.
The package was in part a response to the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s recent report, “Overseer and regulatory oversight” which made 10 recommendations for Overseer to continue to be “confidently used in a regulatory context”. The Government agrees with each of recommendations in principle and has developed a work plan to improve the accuracy of Overseer’s modelled estimates. This includes: a formal uncertainty and sensitivity analysis; a whole-model peer review by an independent and interdisciplinary team; field trials to better calibrate Overseer for a wider range of soils, climates and farm systems; and investment in underlying databases, such as S-map.
To complement these technical improvements, the Ministry for the Environment with support from the Ministry for Primary Industries would like to work with suppliers who have access to scientists and expert planners to develop the guidance for the use of Overseer as part of a framework involving nitrogen-loss limits; in particular for use in regional council planning provisions and consenting processes

RFx Outcome

This tender has been awarded.

  • The Catalyst Group - 31, George Street, Palmerston North, 4144, NEW ZEALAND
    Value $ 98,550

Award Date: Friday, 14 February 2020 (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)
Date RFx was completed/updated: Friday, 7 February 2020 8:43 AM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)