Published date: 4 January 2022

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


Closing: 2 December 2021, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Systems and technical consultancy services - 72220000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£126,778

Procurement reference

tender_291111/1029951

Published date

4 January 2022

Closing date

2 December 2021

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

13 December 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

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

Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) are areas designated as being at risk from agricultural nitrate pollution. The last DEFRA review concluded that that there had been little change in patterns of nitrate pollution and thus no new holdings were added to or removed from the list of designated NVZs. Therefore, the overall area of designated land in England remains at around 55%. The NVZ designations for 2021 to 2024 came into effect on 31 December 2020.
The Authority has a requirement for technical consultancy services to support its role in responding to complex NVZ appeals of current surface water and groundwater NVZ designations.
The Contractor will be required to provide the following Services for the duration of the 2021 NVZ appeals process:
1) Responses to complicated appeals for existing NVZ designations.
2) Expert technical witnesses in 'oral' hearings.
3) Supplementary evidence in support of written hearings.
4) Updated spatial data to EA, reflecting changes to current NVZ boundaries resulting from appeal decisions, and clear and comprehensive audit trail of those changes.
5) Feedback to the EA on any data quality or assurance issues for correction.
6) A summary table of appeal outcomes handled by the contractor, including whether conceded or contested, and a brief description of the reasons for any upheld appeals.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Technical Consultant Services to represent Environment Agency in Surface Water and Groundwater Nitrate Vulnerable Zones Appeals 2021

  • Opportunity
  • Published 18 November 2021

Attachments

Award information

Awarded date

14 December 2021

Contract start date

13 December 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Total value of contract

£126,778

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Wallingford HydroSolutions Ltd

Address

Stables 4, Howbery Business Park, Wallingford OX10 8BA

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

XX

Address

17 Nobel House
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Telephone

+443001234500

Email

procurement@defra.gov.uk