Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-07-24
Buyer: Defra Network eTendering Portal
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 03312300 | 03451000 | 72212610 | 79330000 | 90700000
Estimated value: 4000000 GBP
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: This new framework is intended to provide a structure under which projects can be procured, via mini tender competition /direct award, for the continued delivery of the agri-environment schemes programme of monitoring and evaluation.
It is proposed that the new framework will combine both the ongoing monitoring and evaluation requirements, and soils analysis, through the new framework which is proposed to be in place 1.6.2018. It will run for a period of 2 years (with an option to extend by 2 further years via 1 year extensions) from contract award (June 2018 – June 2020 as per proposed timetable), and funding for contracts will solely be from RDPE technical assistance funds. Please note Defra is acting on behalf of Natural England, who is the contracting body for purposes of calling off contracts under this framework.
This lot covers delivery assessments of whole management agreements, including baseline assessments of new agreements and resurveys at regular intervals to measure and evaluate the results achieved across the full range of agri-environment scheme objectives. It requires competence across a wide range of activities such as: the design of sampling programmes, carrying out multi-objective environmental field and agreement scale monitoring, assessing progress against indicators of success, design of databases, collection, collation, storage and provision of data, quantitative and qualitative analysis of data and report writing. This lot also requires an in depth knowledge of agri-environment schemes and agreement options and a good knowledge of each of the objectives of the agri-environment schemes.
Individual call-offs made under the framework (once awarded) will be procured by mini-competition via bravo and successful suppliers for this lot only will be invited.
Please note Defra is acting on behalf of Natural England, who is the contracting body for purposes of calling off contracts under this framework.
This lot covers monitoring that complements, and may flow from, the core multi-objective agreement level monitoring. It will cover specific monitoring of the impact that RDP interventions are having on air quality, water quality, soil protection and flood management. It will require expertise in all of these areas and also in the construction and population of databases, GIS, techniques of statistical analysis and report writing.
Individual call-offs made under the framework (once awarded) will be procured by mini-competition via bravo and successful suppliers for this lot only will be invited.
Please note Defra is acting on behalf of Natural England, who is the contracting body for purposes of calling off contracts under this framework.
This lot covers the monitoring of the impact that schemes are having on invertebrate species assemblages of value in the farmed landscape. It will require expertise in terrestrial and freshwater ecology, invertebrate species identification and field monitoring techniques, GIS, techniques of statistical analysis and report writing.
Individual call-offs made under the framework (once awarded) will be procured by mini-competition via bravo and successful suppliers for this Lot only will be invited.
Please note Defra is acting on behalf of Natural England, who is the contracting body for purposes of calling off contracts under this framework.
This lot covers the monitoring of the impact that schemes are having on non-avian vertebrate species (e.g. mammals, reptiles, amphibians and freshwater fish) and their habitats that complements, and may flow from, the core multi-objective agreement level monitoring programme. It will require expertise in terrestrial and freshwater ecology, species identification and field monitoring techniques, construction and population of databases, GIS, techniques of statistical analysis and report writing.
Individual call-offs made under the framework (once awarded) will be procured by mini-competition via bravo and successful suppliers for this lot only will be invited.
Please note Defra is acting on behalf of Natural England, who is the contracting body for purposes of calling off contracts under this framework.
This lot covers the monitoring of the impact that schemes are having on bird species and their habitats that complements, and may flow from the core multi-objective agreement level monitoring programme. It will require expertise in ornithology and terrestrial ecology, species identification and field monitoring techniques, construction and population of databases, GIS, techniques of statistical analysis and report writing. It is also likely to require access to the data from the various long term surveillance programmes that are used to monitor bird populations at a national level.


Winner: Fera Science Ltd
Award value: 4000000
Number of bids: 5