Published date: 8 November 2021

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


Closing: 6 October 2021, 6pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Infrastructure works consultancy services - 71311300

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_285572/1012069

Published date

8 November 2021

Closing date

6 October 2021

Closing time

6pm

Contract start date

10 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

This Section sets out the Authority's requirements:

Support the National Navigation Team in further developing the benefits assessment evidence to inform the strategic business case for the navigable inland waterways operated by the Environment Agency.

A. Requirement
Support the National Navigation Team to prepare "whole" waterway assessments for a select set of benefits: (i) recreation, health and wellbeing; (ii) flood protection; (iii) water resources; (iv) sustainability (namely biodiversity and net zero carbon); and (v) local economic impacts.

The assessments for flood protection and water resources should apply the existing methodologies used by the Environment Agency. The approach to recreation, health and wellbeing shall develop the approach tested in a previous commission completed in 2021 for the EA. The approach to sustainability and local economic impact assessments will need to be developed.

The aim will be to provide an improved 'place-based' assessment accounting for the circumstances of the local population, including socio-economic profile and availability of green/blue space.

The selected waterways for a complete assessment are:

- Wye & Lugg
- Lydney Harbour
- Thames
- Rye Harbour
- Great Ouse
- Nene

The benefits assessment shall use the approach developed in the 2021 commission (attached).

The benefit assessment for sustainability and local economic impacts shall also be completed for:

- Stour
- Medway,
- Ancholme,
- Welland and Glen
- South Forty Foot Drain

Deliverables: Present the results for each waterway requiring a complete assessment as a summary report and presentation. Present the results for the waterways requiring assessments for sustainability and local economic impacts as an addendum to the reports completed in 2021 for those waterways.

B. Tasks

Please account for the following tasks:

1. Project start-up meeting(s) and data and method share.
2. Benefits assessment per waterway.
3. Reporting.
4. Resource estimate per waterway and per benefit category.

We will agree the format for reporting the assessment for each waterway as part of the project start-up template. We expect that this will include summary reports for each waterway, plus a set of guidance notes detailing the assessment method for each benefit type, the data sources and analytical steps.
The headline results, findings and recommendations for next steps shall be presented to EA teams.
Regular progress reporting meetings shall be included.

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Award information

Awarded date

8 November 2021

Contract start date

10 November 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Total value of contract

£47,430.12

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Jeremy Benn Associates Ltd T/A JBA Consulting

Address

1st Floor, Salts Mill, Victoria Road, Saltaire, Shipley, West Yorkshire. BD18 3LF.

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Jon Mannering

Address

Aqua House, 20 Lionel Street
Birmingham
B3 1AQ
England

Telephone

07795641941

Email

jon.mannering@environment-agency.gov.uk