Published date: 18 May 2023
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Opportunity (published 18 May 2023, last edited 19 May 2023)
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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.
About the buyer
Contact name
Bailey Brundell
Address
Nobel House, 17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
GB
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