Published date: 22 October 2021

Last edited date: 12 November 2021

This notice was replaced on 2 December 2021

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

Awarded contract (published 2 December 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Research consultancy services - 73210000

Location of contract

United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, British Oversea Territories, Europe, Rest of the World

Value of contract

£0 to £50,000

Procurement reference

ENV0004086C

Published date

22 October 2021

Closing date

16 November 2021

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

18 November 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?

No

Description

The ultimate aim of this work is to provide a better set of evidence on water benefits that will support the design of more effective policies, the formulation of more robust business cases, and the achievement of an even better value for money to improve the water environment.

There is a clear need to better articulate and capture the full value of changes in the condition of the water environment. To do so, first, there is a need to understand what aspects of water we want to value. Not everybody is looking at the same aspects, some users/practitioners are interested in changes in water body status, other to individual changes in the water components, other to the change in water quantity, and changes in the provisioning services of the water environment.

To have a complete picture of what changes in water environment we are after, a better understanding of the users' needs is required:
- Who are the users, practitioners?
- What question each of them are trying answer now and in the near future?

More information

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Please note that the Quality Assurance period described in the RFQ simply refers to a period undertaken by the project steering group to review the draft** project outputs.
Please complete the contract pricing schedule and RFQ. These are to be returned to both annamaria.giacomello@environment-agency.gov.uk and lily.marra@environment-agency.gov.uk by 5pm 16 November 2021.

About the buyer

Contact name

Anna Maria Giacomello / Lily Marra

Address

Environment Agency
Lateral 8, City Walk
Leeds
LS11 9AT
England

Email

annamaria.giacomello@environment-agency.gov.uk