Published date: 8 April 2021

This notice was replaced on 25 May 2021

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

Awarded contract (published 11 October 2021)

Closed early engagement


Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Procurement reference

tender_265553/949536

Published date

8 April 2021

Closing date

4 May 2021

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Stakeholder Engagement And Facilitation Services (SEAFS) and Training Framework.

The Environment Agency (EA) is planning to re-tender the SEAFS Framework. We are looking to re-tender the framework contract for between 2 and 4 years, starting from 1 October 2021.
The EA want to appoint contractors to a framework to help support our work with stakeholders. These framework contractors will help EA staff plan, facilitate and evaluate effective stakeholder engagement processes relevant to our work.

We are looking for experienced engagement professionals who:

a. are specialists and leaders in the fields of engagement and facilitation: bringing with them engagement and facilitation knowledge, experience and contacts from a range of sectors to help us continuously improve our Working With Others engagement approach. Our contractors must also have the learning and development capabilities to coach, train and mentor our people to learn and apply new approaches. Contractors must be committed to evaluating engagement and transferring learning back into our Working With Others Engagement Advisor network and in-house Facilitation network.

b. provide us with more advanced engagement capabilities, including independent facilitation: helping us do increasingly complex and sensitive engagement through the design and delivery of participative and deliberative engagement processes. Both online and in person. Our SEAFS contractors must be able to act as highly competent, independent facilitators and successfully facilitate high conflict situations.

c. provide us with extra engagement capacity: to enable us to support, advise, coach, mentor and train more of our people to plan, deliver and evaluate engagement to at least the same standard as our in-house engagement advisors.

Environmental change has a significant impact on people's lives. We work with others to reduce the risks to people and properties from flooding; make sure there is enough water for people and wildlife; protect and improve air, land and water quality and apply the environmental standards within which industry can operate. Acting to reduce climate change and helping people and wildlife adapt to its consequences are at the heart of all we do.

The contract is to secure experienced engagement professionals to provide support to EA employees involved in working with stakeholders. This is not a public relations, communications or marketing contract. Instead we are looking for contractors who can help enhance the Environment Agency's reputation through enabling us to build strong and effective relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.

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About the buyer

Address

17 Nobel House
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Email

Pippa.Hicks@environment-agency.gov.uk

Website

https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk/