Published date: 9 December 2022

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


Closing: 21 July 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Technical services - 71356000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_309483/1156329

Published date

9 December 2022

Closing date

21 July 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

28 November 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

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

This Contract is for the project titled GIS Model Refinement & Application. This project is one of six work packages under the overarching PFAS Risk Screening Project which is now entering Phase 4.

The wider PFAS Risk Screening Project, aims to assess and tackle the risks arising from a group of "forever chemicals" which are contaminating soil, groundwater and surface waters and also pose a risk to human health. These chemicals are causing a global pollution problem. And the nature and scale of the problem in the UK is only now being fully realised.

In order to ensure effective allocation of resources and appropriate targeting of mitigation actions, we need to better understand the sources of PFAS, the pathways by which these chemicals can impact key receptors and the relative significance of these substances in environmental media.

Previous phases of the project have led to the development of a high-level risk screening model. This multi-layered GIS model helps to identify potential problem zones across England using a multi-criteria analytical approach to evaluate risk. The model allocates scores based on respective weightings applied to key criteria - all designed around the source-pathway-receptor type strategy.

Based on the outputs of the model, and our growing understanding of the nature and extent of the PFAS problem, under Phase 4 we intend to focus on specific facilities and zones of concern to both validate the model and target resource.

The focus of this work package is GIS Model Refinement & Application. The overarching objective is to continue to build on the outputs of the preceding phases, to act on recommendations and to refine, enhance and update the GIS model. This will be achieved using internal and external datasets and information gained from wider research and related projects. This work package includes the continued hosting of the model on a Jacobs' platform for the duration of this project, until a time when it can be transferred onto EA systems.

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Award information

Awarded date

28 November 2022

Contract start date

28 November 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Total value of contract

£542,149.38

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Jacobs UK Ltd

Address

Cottons Centre, Cottons Lane London SE1 2QG

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

XX XX

Address

17 Nobel House
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Email

procurement@defra.gov.uk