Published date: 20 September 2019

This notice was replaced on 19 November 2019

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Opportunity (published 19 November 2019, last edited 19 November 2019)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy - 71800000

  • Research consultancy services - 73210000

  • Environmental monitoring other than for construction - 90711500

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£48,000

Procurement reference

tender_219375/799698

Published date

20 September 2019

Closing date

15 October 2019

Contract start date

6 January 2020

Contract end date

30 October 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Environment Agency, on behalf of Natural Course, is seeking offers from suitable organisations for deliver a project for a study into the Water Governance arrangements currently in place within the North West River Basin District (NWRBD) (Excluding Areas within the Greater Manchester Combined Authority). This project forms part of the EU LIFE funded Natural Course Phase 3 programme and is constrained by the terms of this funding.
The overall project will take a high level look at water governance across the region, look more specifically at the governance in Cumbria, asses existing work as well as domestic and international best practice and recommend a suitable governance structure to be trailed in Cumbria and how this can be implemented.
The contract will be awarded to a single contractor. The procurement approach is to invite organisations to submit suitable proposals for consideration. Submissions will be assessed to compare project outcomes and overall value for money. Proposals will be considered from individual organisations, consortiums or other combined partnership arrangements who return submissions within the stated tender deadline.
Interested parties should submit a proposal via the Bravo portal which should cover how your response meets the outputs, the criteria that we expect from your project and a cost schedule.
This is an open tender procedure, there is no requirement to pre-register your interest..Free and unrestricted access to tender documents is available via the Environment Agency Bravo ePortal defra.bravosolution.co.uk. You will be required to register on the portal to obtain access to documents.

More information

Links

Additional text

Free and unrestricted access to tender documents can be accessed via the Bravo ePortal.

About the buyer

Contact name

Carol Caddick

Address

P O Box 12
Warrington
WA12 1HG
England

Email

carol.caddick@environment-agency.gov.uk

Website

https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk