Published date: 1 August 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 29 May 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business analysis consultancy services - 72221000

Location of contract

B19 3TR

Value of contract

£99,504

Procurement reference

tender_433116/1388788

Published date

1 August 2024

Closing date

29 May 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

29 July 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) is a spatial strategy for nature and environmental improvement, required by law under The Environment Act 2021. The WMCA has been assigned by the Secretary of State as one of 48 responsible authorities, which will lead the production of the WMCA's LNRS and this is a new statutory duty. Together, the strategies will cover the whole of England with no gaps and no overlaps.

The WMCA requires consultancy support from an organisation(s) with significant knowledge and experience in:

- amalgamating, interpreting, and developing spatially lead evidence and policy around nature recovery and nature-based solutions in urban settings.

- bringing innovation and ideas to find solutions and making recommendations to multifaceted questions around nature recovery, habitat restoration and connectivity, land use, planning and climate adaptation.

- interpreting relevant statutory requirements, policy, and delivery advancements at a national level, regional and local level.

- engaging and communicating to a wide range of audiences, including the general public as well as reflecting the needs of stakeholders at the regional and local level. The LNRS Team will be commissioning some dedicated support to produce communications assets, but the consultant for this contract will be expected to work alongside that.


After undertaking a closed ITT exercise (using WMCA's internal procurement guidelines and processes for below threshold opportunities) to which six suppliers were invited to bid, the bid submitted by SLR Consulting Ltd was deemed the most economically advantageous (following a fair and transparent evaluation process). SLR is a proven consultancy who will bring a multi-disciplinary team with technical experts in ecology, geology, landscape, planning, air quality, climate change, environmental assessment, natural capital, agriculture and GIS. This expertise coupled with the methodology proposed gives the WMCA project team confidence of successful delivery.

Award information

Awarded date

2 July 2024

Contract start date

29 July 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Total value of contract

£99,504

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

SLR Consulting Ltd

Address

1 Bartholomew Lane, London, United Kingdom, EC2N 2AX

Reference

Companies House number: 03880506

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Bhupinder Singh Chadha

Address

16 Summer Lane
Birmingham
B19 3TR
England

Email

bhupinder.chadha@wmca.org.uk

Website

www.wmca.org.uk