Published date: 20 December 2019

This notice was replaced on 28 April 2020

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

Awarded contract (published 28 April 2020)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • River regulation and flood control works - 45246000

  • Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy - 71800000

  • Research consultancy services - 73210000

    • Stakeholders representation services - 79112100

    • Environmental monitoring other than for construction - 90711500

    • Services related to water pollution - 90733000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£20,000 to £30,000

Procurement reference

tender_228499/824438

Published date

20 December 2019

Closing date

17 January 2020

Contract start date

3 February 2020

Contract end date

31 December 2020

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

The Environment Agency, on behalf of Natural Course, is seeking offers from suitable organisations for deliver a project for a study will build on Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) evaluations already completed, through evaluating projects delivered by Catchment Partnerships from the commencement of Natural Course (October 2015).
There are considerable differences between the river catchments in the North West River Basin District (NWRBD). These differences include catchment geology, agricultural practices, urbanisation, population size, local government policies and many more.
These differences affect catchment partnerships in different ways, and may affect their ability to deliver Water Framework Directive (WFD) outcomes. Some partnerships have had better success than others at overcoming these barriers. This project aims to work with the partnerships to identify barriers, good practice and opportunities to help deliver more WFD outcomes and wider benefits.
The procurement approach is to invite organisations to submit proposals for consideration. The successful bidder will be able to evidence strong stakeholder engagement skills and suitable knowledge of CaBA and WFD requirements.
Submissions will be assessed to compare project outcomes and overall value for money. Proposals will be considered from individual organisations, consortiums or other combined partnership arrangements who return submissions within the stated tender deadline. The contract will be awarded to a single contractor.
Interested parties should submit a proposal via the Bravo portal which should cover how your response meets the outputs, the criteria that we expect from your project and a cost schedule.
This is an open tender procedure, there is no requirement to pre-register your interest. Free and unrestricted access to tender documents is available via the Environment Agency Bravo ePortal defra.bravosolution.co.uk. You will be required to register on the portal to obtain access to documents.

More information

Links

Additional text

Free and unrestricted access to tender documents can be accessed via the Bravo ePortal.

About the buyer

Contact name

Carol Caddick

Address

P O Box 12
Warrington
WA12 1HG
England

Email

carol.caddick@environment-agency.gov.uk

Website

https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk