Published date: 18 May 2023

Last edited date: 19 May 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 19 June 2023, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

SW1P 3JR

Value of contract

£200,000 to £334,000

Procurement reference

CF-0081200D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

18 May 2023

Closing date

19 June 2023

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

17 July 2023

Contract end date

30 November 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

One component of NCEA is the England Ecosystem Survey (EES) which aims to assess the current state of vegetation, habitats, landscapes, and soils in England and to monitor long-term changes. Utilities searches will be required to ensure safety of all surveyors and protection of underground assets on each EES monad when carrying out soil surveys.

The supplier shall carry out desktop utility record searches for underground and overhead utilities for up to 1,760 sites, c. 4.3ha each. Utilities searches to include, but not be limited to, oil and gas, water, sewer, electric, BT, virgin media, other cable and fibre, and independent utilities. Desk-based to be presented as reports with accompanying composite pdf drawings (one drawing with all utilities per site), and an ESRI shapefile of digitised utilities within the site.

Additionally, the contractor will be expected to project manage the delivery of the desk-based studies, ensuring milestones and timescales are achieved.

To learn more about this procurement, please visit https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

tNCEA Underground Utilities Searches 23/24

  • Opportunity
  • Published 18 May 2023

About the buyer

Contact name

Bailey Brundell

Address

Nobel House, 17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
GB

Email

bailey.brundell@defra.gov.uk