Official UK procurement notice
Marine Licencing and Specialists Advice Framework 2025
Authority: Natural Resources Wales (Central government)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionIn order to discharge our duties under Marine and Coastal Access Act (2009) and Marine Works EIA Regulations (2007) as amended, Natural Resources Wales Marine Licensing Team (NRW MLT) seek specialist technical advice from appropriate expert bodies on a number of subjects to determine the impacts on the environment, human health, legitimate uses of the sea, and other relevant matters from marine licence applications. Additionally, Welsh Government (WG) and Planning and Environment Decisions Wales (PEDW) may also seek technical advice or support via this framework
- Recurrence: 2029
CPV: Administrative educational services · Aquaculture services · Aquatic marine services · Coastal-defence works · Education and training services · Environmental issues consultancy services · Laboratory services · Marine conservation strategy planning · Marine research services · Marine services · Marine survey services · Research laboratory services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 13 bids on the busiest of 3 lots · 4 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 7 Jul 2025
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values published · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Sampling Analysis and Sample plan servicesCancelled
Provision of the following in response to applications for disposal of dredge arisings at sea:
Sample plans (production &/or approval)
Sampling analysis
Sampling reports (including suitability for disposal)
Lot #2Specialists Advice ServicesCancelled
Provision of general advice in response to specific requests regarding the following specialist environmental areas
Marine receptor impact advice, for example:
Marine Mammals
Fish
Water Quality
Marine and Coastal Physical Processes
Benthic Ecology
Pelagic Ecology
Ornithology
Aquaculture
Modelling e.g. fish impacts, physcial processes, marine water quality and marine mobile species collision, noise and disturbance modelling
Environmental monitoring for projects and developments
General pollution prevention and incident management advice
Other specialist advice services
Lot #3Training, learning and developmentCancelled
Marine training, learning and development for staff; which may include (but not limited to) marine sectors such as offshore renewables and aggregates or assessments such as HRA and WFD.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Sampling Analysis and Sample plan services | 60% | 40% | |
| 2 · Specialists Advice Services | 60% | 40% | |
| 3 · Training, learning and development | 60% | 40% |
- Price carries 40 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 4 points.
- “Marine Licencing and Specialists Advice Framework 2025” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · 2029
- First published
- 17 Jan 2025, 12:17 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Jun 2025, 10:40 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 18 Mar 2025 – …
- Authority reference
ITT_111529- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-033587- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d425Find a Tender
Publisher note: (WA Ref:152467)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 18 Mar 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
- Bids opened
- 18 Mar 2025, 13:00 GMT
Timeline
18 Mar 2025 → 7 Jul 2025 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown18 Mar 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Bids opened18 Mar 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Notice published19 Jun 2025, 10:40 BST
- Contract starts7 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete19 Jun 2025, 10:40 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £3,500,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Sampling Analysis and Sample plan services
- Signed
- 10 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 6 Jul 2029
- Status
- active
Specialists Advice Services
- Signed
- 10 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Training, learning and development
- Signed
- 10 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Sampling Analysis and Sample plan services | 13bids · 13 electronic | 13 | — | — |
| 2 · Specialists Advice Services | 13bids · 13 electronic | 13 | — | — |
| 3 · Training, learning and development | 13bids · 13 electronic | 13 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
4 commercial parties on the notice- ABP MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LIMITEDFramework contractor
- HaskoningDHV UK LimitedFramework contractor
- OCEAN ECOLOGY LIMITEDFramework contractor
- RSKFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria