Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-08-22
Buyer: Environment Agency
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 66171000 | 71244000 | 71300000 | 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71313000: Environmental engineering consultancy services
Estimated value: 80000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-09-28
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Environment Agency is seeking the provision of support services to help deliver its programme of capital investment and improvement works for flood defence assets (both fixed and active), as well as wider business requirements, in a way that delivers sustainable, best value outcomes. The Client support framework consists of 2 Lots:
Each Lot covers a national delivery requirement, with further detail available in the Selection questionnaire.
The Environment Agency is seeking the provision of support services to help deliver its programme of capital investment and improvement works for flood defence assets (both fixed and active), as well as wider business requirements, in a way that delivers sustainable, best value outcomes.
Lot 1 is seeking to provide technical delivery support to the Environment Agency and to other public sector bodies (as listed under section VI.3 Additional information), across a range of services that may include (but are not limited to):
— — National environmental assessment service (NEAS) Environmental project managers (Environmental assurance and Environmental impact assessments (EIAs), Landscape architects, Archaeology),
— — Mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control and automation (MEICA) and reliability engineering;
— — support for strategic spatial planning and infrastructure work, statutory planning response work and permitting,
Further information regarding the scope of the Lot is set out in the Selection Questionnaire and Invitation to tender documents.
The Framework itself is not subject to European Union funding, but it is possible that some Services called off under the arrangement may receive European Union funding.
The Environment Agency is seeking the provision of support services to help deliver its programme of capital investment and improvement works for flood defence assets (both fixed and active), as well as wider business requirements, in a way that delivers sustainable, best value outcomes.
Lot 2 is seeking to provide contract, cost and carbon management support to the Environment Agency and to other public sector bodies (as listed under section VI.3 Additional information), across a range of services that may include (but are not limited to):
— Integrated cost and carbon target setting, forecasting, actuals, assurance and reporting, estimating, modelling and benchmarking using a full suite of top-down and bottom-up approaches,
— Cost and price investigation and supplier bid assurance in collaborative, single-source commercial environments,
— Project controls (including gathering, analysing, monitoring, reporting and managing costs on an on-going basis),
— Data and digital assurance (develop our approach to digital technology and modelling to support EA decision making and assurance activities),


Award value: 80000000