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MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY’S

CONSULTANCY PROGRAMME

MCA’s Consultancy Programme aims to:

Deal with a time-limited piece of work for which no expertise exists within the Agency, or for which expertise is currently not available.
Consultancy work aims to improve efficiency, customer service, targeting and meeting of demand, objectivity of approach etc.
The results may not be published, but are made known within to the Agency.

If you would like to express an interest in any of MCA’s consultancy projects please contact the Consultancy Co-ordinator on
023 80329432

All our consultancy projects are advertise on supply2gov.

CONSULTANCY PROJECTS 2009/10 – 20010/11

COMPLETE

Priority Area	Project Number	Title	Duration	Summary
Stakeholder Communication	CO69	Customer Survey Streams	12 months	To assertain customer satisfaction levels and to use the associated qualitative feedback to improve services.
Stakeholder Communication	CO71	FISG Consultancy	12 months	To attend and provide fishing advice at industry meetings and sub groups.
Regulatory Activity	CO41	UK Maritime Research Capabilities	6 months	To assess and consolidate all of the maritime research capabilities, quality and capacity within the UK, and an overview of current work in this field including specialist maritime organisations, academic.
Regulatory Activity	CO44	Update of the HSC Code Instructions for the Guidance of Surveyors	10 months	To develop a new issue of the HSC Code Instructions for the Guidance of Surveyors, which take into account the revision of the HSC Code (2000).
Regulatory Activity	CO56	Feasibility Study to Access the Potential for Linking Nautical College Certification Records to SDS	4 months	To identify and record the various ways Seafarer’s certification records are stored by UK nautical colleges and training establishments.
Regulatory Activity	CO70	Technical Advice Contract for Radio Spectrum and Technical Standards	12 months	To provide technical advice and support for Navigation Safety Branch at IMO Meetings, ITU World Radio Conference and ISO Meetings.
Regulatory Activity	CO73	Technical assistance in negotiations on amendments to Directive for Inland waterways vessels	12 months	To provide technical advice for Inland Waterways Vessels at EU Meetings and support the implementation of the EC Directive.
Regulatory Activity	CO80	Code of Practice for Noise Levels on Ships	9 months	To re-write the Code of Practice to reflect the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessel (Control of Noise at Work) Regs 2007 and (Control of Vibration) Regs 2007, and make recommendations to industry and MCA Surveyors.
Regulatory Activity	CO88	Dover Straits Formal Safety Assessment	5 months	To provide a detailed examination of historic traffic survey data coupled with access to the UK and French AIS network.
Ministerial Targets/Business Plan	CO68	Understanding Human Factors in the Maritime Industry - A Scoping Study	4 months	To develop a consolidated human element guide that will significantly increase the impact and effectiveness of research and guidance in all its disparate forms.
Ministerial Targets /Business Plan	CO92	Recreational Boat User Consultant	12 months	To provide technical advice, and supporting papers on the lifejacket campaign and to represent MCA at various stakeholder meetings.
Infrastructure	CO46	Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) Assessment of Requirements	4 months	To determine the scope and options available for ETV (or alternative) coverage necessary to meet the UK government's national and international commitments and requirements for year around environmental protection of the UK Pollution Control Zone.
Infrastructure	CO85	The Safe Disposal of Time Expired Pyrotechnics	3 months	To identify options for a safe, environmentally friendly method of organising the disposal of time expired pyrotechnics for the commercial and leisure Maritime Industry.
MCA People	CO76	Operational Systems Convergence	6 months	The mapping and analysis of operational business processes and existing systems employed within Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centres.
Other	CO89	Impact Assessment of Amendments to Marpol Annex VI Entering in to Force in 2010	2 months	To identify the costs and benefits of amending Annex VI of Marpol.

ONGOING

Prioirty Area	Project Number	Title	Duration	Summary
Stakeholder Communication	CO90	FISG Consultancy	12 months	Continuation of CO71.
Stakeholder Communication	CO94	Customer Survey Streams	12 months	Continuation of CO69.
Regulatory Activity	CO81	Maintenance of the High Speed Craft Database	12 months	To continue to update the High Speed Craft Database for the High Speed Craft Advisory Group as an important tool for informing industry and the Agency of the current developments in this still relatively new field.
Regulatory Activity	CO84	Technical Advice Contract for Radio Spectrum and Technical Standards	12 months	To provide technical advice and support for Navigation Safety Branch at IMO Meetings, ITU World Radio Conference and ISO Meetings.
Regulatory Activity	CO87	Technical assistance in negotiations on amendments to Directive for Inland waterways vessels	12 months	To provide technical advice for Inland Waterways Vessels at EU Meetings and support the implementation of the EC Directive.
Ministerial Targets//Business Plan	CO91	Coastguard Rescue Service Project	6 months	To review the future role of the Coastguard Rescue Service within UK Search and Rescue.
Corporate/Financial Managment	CO79	Financial Benefits of Hydrographic Surveying	2 months	To determine the financial value of risk reduction to mariners and vessels by undertaking hydrographic surveys and the extra financial benefits associated with them.
Corporate Financial Management	CO103	MCA Activity Catalogue: Scenario Planning Tool	2 months	Build on the Corporate Planning Dataset which describes and categorises the MCA’s activities in order to provide an evidence base to enable strategic planning scenarios to be developed. Create a Scenario Planning Tool to ensure maximum value is obtained from this base data and that further characterisation is carried out in a logical and structured way.

FUTURE

Prioirty Area	Project Number	Title	Duration	Summary
Stakeholder Communication	CO77	R&D Database Review of Mainstream R&D Undertaken for Maritime Oil and HNS Pollution Topics	9 months	To collate and review all useful maritime oil and HNS research and development carried out over the last 10 years, relevant to the MCA's role in dealing with maritime pollution incidents.
Stakeholder Communication	CO90	FISG Consultancy	12 months	See ongoing.
Regulatory Activity	CO74	E-Navigation Development	6 months	To provide technical advice and support at IMO and EU Meetings for Navigation Safety Branch.
Regulatory Activity	CO81	Maintenance of the High Speed Craft Database	12 months	See ongoing.
Regulatory Activity	CO84	Technical Advice for Radio Spectrum and Technical Standards	12 months	See ongoing.
Regulatory Activity	CO87	Technical Assistance in Negotiations on Amendments to Directive for Inland Waterways Vessels	12 months	See ongoing.
Regulatory Activity	CO99	Review of Medical Care Onboard Ship - UK Medical Stores Requirements and Ship Captain's Medical Guide	12 months	To review the requirements and recommendations for carriage of medical stores and equipment on board ships, as well as reviewing the content of the Ship Captain’s Medical Guide.
Ministerial Targets//Business Plans	CO96	Review of Requirements of MCA in Relation to Assisting with Incidents Involving Fire, Chemical Hazards and Industrial Accidents at Sea.	4 months	The review of requirements required by the MCA in relation to assisting with incidents involving fire, chemical hazards and industrial accidents at sea.
Ministerial Targets/Business Plans	CO102	The Potential for the Application of a Lean Service Model to Survey & Inspection Activities	4 months	Analyse and map the principle business processes that are applied to the delivery of Survey and Inspection services and the management methods that are used to prioritise and allocate Surveyor resources. Asses the extent to which resources are optimised, identify areas of good practice and use leas service principles to develop a business process model that will make best use of surveyor resources and deliver satisfactory standards of service to customers on the most cost effective manner.
Ministerial Targets/Business Plans	CO104	Creating Corporate Web Pages for New Website on dft.gov.uk	6 months	Links to DFT Ministerial Targets. To re-write our current corporate pages in a way that meets the AA accessibility requirements of the DfT website and COI (Central Office of Information guidance).
Ministerial Targets/Business Plans	CO97	Lifejacket Campaign Consultant	12 months	Working with partner organisations to promote the carrying and wearing of lifejackets within the leisure sector.
Other	CO95	The Effects of Offshore Renewable Energy Installations on the Safety of Marine Navigation in UK Waters	12 months	To provide MCA with specialist advice on Offshore Renewable Energy Installations (OREI) consent applications.