Published date: 23 January 2023

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


Closing: 1 December 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Environmental services - 90700000

Location of contract

SW1P 3JR

Value of contract

£160,298.33

Procurement reference

CF-0027600D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

23 January 2023

Closing date

1 December 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

16 January 2023

Contract end date

29 December 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The project will involve undertaking a comprehensive analysis of SSSI citations to correctly interpret and establish a legally sound list of notified features. Two worked examples are provided in Annex 1, the text in these examples is for reference only to depict how conclusions were made, it is anticipated that the outputs the successful Contractor provides will be in a spreadsheet format. Please note, some citations will be easier than the examples, and others more complex. Natural England will provide guidance on award of contract to assist with the interpretation of the citations and ensure a consistent approach is taken across sites.
When listing the identified features of a site this should be expressed in simple and brief terms, as written in the citation. There is no need to alter the wording or to fit the features into pre-defined categories such as National Vegetation Classification (NVC) or Common Standards Monitoring classifications. An audit trail explaining how each feature was identified must be provided.

A full list of SSSI citations to be reviewed will be provided to the successful Contractor with links to a pdf version of each citation document. It is only the citation document that should be reviewed, no other site information can be taken into account for this exercise. Approximately 3,500 sites will need to be assessed by the successful Contractor over the course of the contract, however Natural England will highlight priority sites that will need to be delivered first.

Natural England will set milestones for delivery of outputs at fixed times during the length of the contract to be agreed with the successful contractor. Natural England will take up to a 10% sample of each output batch to QA and provide feedback. This feedback should then be incorporated by the successful contractor into a final list of notified features for the relevant sites. The % QA sample may reduce as the successful contractor becomes more familiar with the process

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Award information

Awarded date

11 January 2023

Contract start date

16 January 2023

Contract end date

29 December 2023

Total value of contract

£160,298.33

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

FPCR Environment and Design Ltd.

Address

FPCR Environment and Design Ltd.,
Lockington Hall,
Lockington,
Derby DE74 2RH

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Harjinder Grewal

Address

Nobel House
London
SW1P 3JR
GB

Telephone

0

Email

harjinder.grewal@defra.gov.uk