# STA - HECHCTAX Strand A; Developing a taxonomy for culture and heritage capital

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## Key facts

- Public buyer: [HISTORIC ENGLAND LIMITED](/buyers/historic-england-limited/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Ipsos UK - Dr Ricky Lawton
- Award value: £11,414
- Tender value: £11,414
- Award date: 14 December 2023
- Published: 18 December 2023
- Contract start: 4 September 2023
- Contract end: 3 March 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: b83e5d0b-9906-49e8-89e8-0a79fc75d06e-707819
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-72a2a4b3-b406-428f-b249-fba6d84c7175

## Description

Brief Description of purchase: This proposal will address a key priority for the Culture and Heritage Capital \(CHC\) Programme: developing a taxonomy for CHC that can be used to embed C&H in economic models \(Kaszynska et\. al, 2022\)\. The objectives of this research are: • OBJ 1 To develop a taxonomy of culture and heritage capital \(CHC\) • OBJ 2 To present the commonalities in concepts of value in economics and arts, humanities and heritage science\. • OBJ 3 To socialise the study findings and the concept of a taxonomy\. • OBJ 4 To explore a new strategic approach for producing economic evidence\. • OBJ 5 To use best practice findings to explore "what works" for the design of CHC taxonomy\. The research will explore the following research questions: • RQ 1: What are the main parameters of a well-designed taxonomy? Economic decision making and appraisal involve a range of existing taxonomies for assets and services\. It is important to understand how taxonomies are currently operationalised and what challenges exist before developing the approach for C&H\. • RQ 2: What are the strengths and weaknesses of existing taxonomies? The current work in natural capital and ecosystem services has direct relevance to C&H\. Before developing our own taxonomy, we need to learn from that work to date\. • RQ 3: What classifications of C&H do we need to understand and embed into a CHC taxonomy? Cultural and heritage assets are complex and varied, ranging from buildings through to intangible assets such as performance\. What work has already been done to classify assets? • RQ 4: How do flows of services, benefits and values of CHC emerge? In order to develop a taxonomy, we need to first understand how C&H stakeholders express the ways in which C&H heritage assets give rise to services, benefits and values and what evidence there is for those services, benefits and values from a C&H sector perspective\. • RQ 5: What does a taxonomy of stocks, services and benefits for culture and heritage look like? Based on RQ1-4, how can we articulate a taxonomy that can be operationalised in economic appraisal and decision-making? Sub consultant, IPSOS \(Lawton\), will input economic expertise at key stages of the development of the taxonomy considering if/ how it can be applied to economic valuation studies providing technical advice across all workstreams, ensuring cross-over between the findings and process followed in the DCMS consultancy proto-typology project, which was led by SC Lawton\. The period of support will cover the full period of the project\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b83e5d0b-9906-49e8-89e8-0a79fc75d06e-707819)