Published date: 25 April 2023

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


Closing: 7 February 2023, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

SW1P 3JR

Value of contract

£31,520.50

Procurement reference

CF-0056000D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

25 April 2023

Closing date

7 February 2023

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

17 February 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Contract type

Not applicable

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Background

The Nitrates Directive (91/676/EEC) aims to protect water quality by preventing nitrogenous compounds from agricultural sources polluting ground and surface waters and by promoting the use of good farming practices. The EA is required under the terms of this Directive to identify waters which are or could become polluted by nitrogenous compounds and to designate these waters and all land draining to them as Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs). Farmers in designated areas must follow an Action Programme to reduce pollution from agricultural sources of nitrogenous compounds.

The regulations require the EA to undertake a review every 4 years and make a recommendation on the NVZ designations for England. The next NVZ period is 1st January 2025 to 31 December 2028, the recommendation is due in 2024.

There are 3 elements to this project, this contract is for parts 1) and 2) below;

1. determine what water quality monitoring data is available to inform the next NVZ Review and provide a high-level summary of that data (as well as key contextual data on water
quality risks)

2. undertake a high-level assessment of whether the risk from nitrate pollution has changed (in scale and/or extent) between the previous and current Review Periods For information only, potential for part (3) to be commissioned at a later date when results from (1) and (2) above have been assessed:

3. critically assess whether the available data are adequate to apply the existing NVZ Review methodology robustly for the current NVZ Review period (2021-2024) and make detailed recommendations for any changes required to the methodology or for developing and implementing an alternative approach, if necessary.

The contract scope is limited to English 'surface waters' (i.e. rivers) and groundwater.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Evidence review of water quality for NVZ assessment

  • Awarded contract
  • Published 29 March 2023

Award information

Awarded date

10 February 2023

Contract start date

17 February 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Total value of contract

£31,520.50

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

WSP Environment & Infrastructure Solutions UK Ltd

Address

WSP House, 70 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1AF

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Defra Commercial

Address

Horizon House Deanery Road
Bristol
BS1 5AH
UK

Email

procurement@defra.gov.uk