Published date: 8 August 2024

Last edited date: 8 August 2024

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 30 August 2024, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Agricultural services - 77100000

  • Personnel-training services - 79632000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£20,000 to £35,000

Procurement reference

BASIS Air Quality Training Pilot

Published date

8 August 2024

Closing date

30 August 2024

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

9 September 2024

Contract end date

14 March 2025

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

Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) is organising a CSF pilot training course on the BASIS Certificate in Air Quality: The request to quote is to develop the training materials and deliver the training course by end December 2024 to a group of farm advisers, including arranging with BASIS for trainees to take the exam, within 2 weeks of the course. Please provide a quote for a single course for up to 14 people and an additional quote for delivering 2 courses for up to 14 people.
The course duration will be 6 days, including an exam revision session, with the option to run as 3+3 days or 2+2+2 days, This will include at least 1 day on-farm visiting a dairy farm and pig or poultry farm to see farm sources of air pollution, with a focus on ammonia, and mitigation measures in practice.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

To apply for this opportunity you must submit your quotation meeting the requirements detailed in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) attached.
Your response must be sent to philippa.j.mansfield@naturalengland.org.uk by 16:00 on 30/08/2024.

If you have any clarification questions linked to this opportunity or the procurement process please submit these via email to philippa.j.mansfield@naturalengland.org.uk. Please note that, unless commercially sensitive, both the question and the response will be circulated to all tenderers.

About the buyer

Contact name

Philippa Mansfield

Address

Natural England, Horizon House
Deanery Road
Bristol
BS1 5AH
England

Email

philippa.j.mansfield@naturalengland.org.uk