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Published 6 Apr 2022, 11:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Agriculture, Land-use, Climate and Nature Evidence Programme

Official notice

Authority: Welsh Government

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£15,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 4 Aug 2022
Next notice expected 22 Jun 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Welsh Government wishes to commission an evidence programme to provide ongoing support to policy and operational teams within Welsh Government and Natural Resources Wales (NRW). The programme will broadly cover the interrelated areas of agriculture, land-use, climate and nature. The successful bidder, most likely a consortium, will provide ongoing evidence, including that of a business-critical nature, through three interrelated work packages:

  • Monitoring - undertake a National Field Survey (NFS) erammp.wales/en/nfs ↗
  • Modelling - provide ongoing integrated land-use modelling using the Integrated Modelling Platform (IMP) erammp.wales/en/imp ↗
  • Evidence - deliver ongoing analytical support
  • Recurrence: between 2 and 10 years

CPV: Environmental auditing · Environmental indicators analysis other than for construction · Environmental information systems · Environmental monitoring other than for construction

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The Welsh Government wishes to commission an evidence programme to provide ongoing…RenewalPublished value£15,000,000

The Welsh Government wishes to commission an evidence programme to provide ongoing support to policy and operational teams within Welsh Government and Natural Resources Wales (NRW). This programme will broadly cover the interrelated areas of agriculture, land-use, climate and nature. The successful bidder, most likely consortium, will provide ongoing evidence, including that of a business-critical nature, through three interrelated work packages:

  • Monitoring - undertake a National Field Survey (NFS)
  • Modelling - provide ongoing integrated land-use modelling using the Integrated Modelling Platform (IMP)
  • Evidence - deliver ongoing analytical support

The Welsh Government expects the programme to:

  • Undertake a National Field Survey (NFS) enabling the monitoring and evaluation of policies in the areas of agriculture, land-use, climate and nature, including, but not exclusively, Glastir; transition schemes; the Sustainable Farming Schemes; the Nature Network Programme.
  • Undertake appropriate analytics of NFS data and other sources to satisfy reporting requirements in the areas of agriculture, land-use, climate and nature, including, but not exclusively, National Trends; Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 indicators; the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 State of Natural Resources Reporting (SoNaRR); Rural Development Plan replacement reporting; other emerging international and domestic reporting requirements.
  • Be adaptive and responsive in delivering evidence needs to support policy across the areas of agriculture, land-use, climate and nature, including, but not exclusively, ongoing modelling capability using the Integrated Modelling Platform and other modelling tools; undertake tactical analysis and evidence reviews and provide direct expert scientific support.

To deliver this it is required that the lead supplier will bring together a wide range of skills, expertise, and organisations; will be adaptive and responsive; will identify and embrace new technology; will maximise the opportunities for using and sharing the data collected; will seek to deliver maximum community benefits and aspire to deliver an exemplar evidence programme. Additional information: The budget for the 2 year initial contract term is between GBP 2,600,000.00 – 3,000,000.00. The potential total contract budget for the max. 8 years of the optional extension periods is between GBP 10,400,000.00 – 12,000,000.00. The budget stated in II.2.6 is the max. budget for up to 10 years.

Delivery: Wales
Extensions: The maximum contract duration is 10 years in total with 2 year renewal points – 2 years initial contract term with optional extension periods of 2 years, plus 2 years, plus 2 years, plus 2 years.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
Conditions of participation2
  • Suitability

    as per the information in the tender documents

  • Technical & professional ability

    as per the information in the tender documents

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · between 2 and 10 years
First published
6 Apr 2022, 11:00 BST
Last source update
20 Jun 2022, 13:11 BST
Award evaluation window
4 Aug 2022 – …
Authority reference
C208/2021/2022
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-016802
Classification (CPV)
Environmental auditingEnvironmental indicators analysis other than for constructionEnvironmental information systemsEnvironmental monitoring other than for construction
Delivery area
Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032a95 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

as per the information in the tender documents

Publisher note: E-Tender Information: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk - The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation. - Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic information about your Organisation and about the User performing the Registration. - The User who performs the Registration becomes the Super User for the Organisation. - On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password. - The Password will be sent by e-mail to the email address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page. - In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password. - Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click “Forgot your password?” - Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation. - If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Platform then you must not register again. - Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to arrange access to the Platform. - Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation). - Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration. Please contact the Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform. - Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 2pm How To Find The ITT: - Once logged in you must click on ‘ITT’s Open to all Suppliers’ - The e-tender references for this contract are: project_50288, itt_94628. - Click on the title to access summary details of the contract. If you are still interested in submitting a tender, click the ‘Express an Interest button’. This will move the ITT from the ‘Open to all Suppliers’ area to the ‘My ITT’s’ on the home page. - You will then see the full details of the ITT in the qualification and technical envelopes along with any relevant documents in the ‘Attachments’ area. - Should you have any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages’ area to contact the buyer directly – Please do not contact the named person at the top of this notice. NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=121876 Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are: Community Benefits will be scored, as per the information in the tender documents. (WA Ref:121876) The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN, CY
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml ↗

Submission deadline
4 Aug 2022, 14:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en, cy
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
4 Aug 2022, 14:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

20 Jun 2022 → 4 Aug 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    20 Jun 2022, 13:11 BST
  2. Next notice expected
    22 Jun 2022, 00:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    4 Aug 2022, 14:00 BST
  4. Bids opened
    4 Aug 2022, 14:00 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Jun 2022
  1. Status changed to active
    20 Jun 2022, 13:11 BST
  2. Procurement method changed
    20 Jun 2022, 13:11 BST
  3. Deadline published: 4 Aug 2022, 14:00 BST
    20 Jun 2022, 13:11 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Welsh Government

Contracting authorityMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services Corporate Procurement Services, Cathays Park, Cardiff, Wales, CF10 3NQContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria