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NEIRF Evaluation Execution CCN
Forest monitoring or evaluation services
UK
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Tenderline Synopsis: Defra Network eTendering Portal: "NEIRF Evaluation Execution CCN". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Defra Network eTendering Portal | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | complete No deadline published |
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| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
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Coverage: 280 active published awards; 270 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDefra Network eTendering Portal | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statuscomplete | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published6 Dec 2022, 15:18 GMT | Last source update6 Dec 2022, 15:18 GMT | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationForest monitoring or evaluation services | ||
Delivery area UK | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-038b1d | ||
What is being bought
Defra is designing a Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund (hereafter
referred to as the NEIRF); a grant programme to address market failures,
develop capacity and support investment in natural environment projects which
enable the outcomes contained in Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan (25
YEP) and the Green Finance Strategy.
Initially, this commission is for a policy evaluation across the first year of the
NEIRF scheme but will continue for a further two years subject to annual review.
The role of evaluation is to assess evidence on the process, impact and value for
money of NEIRF grant-funded projects. Through the evaluation we will want to
know the extent to which NEIRF aims and objectives have been achieved, to
recommend adjustments to ongoing and future projects, capture and disseminate
policy learning and evidence on developing private sector investment to deliver
environmental outcomes and make recommendations on, and arrangements for,
long term achievement of scheme outcomes.
The change to the contract is to include the HIVE initiative and case studies that were not in existence or applicable at original formulation of the project.
What changed
From the official release history
- Status changed to complete
6 Dec 2022, 15:18 GMT - Official notice release published
6 Dec 2022, 15:18 GMT - Buyer information updated
6 Dec 2022, 15:18 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
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- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedcancelledPublished valueNot publishedEcorys is carrying out an independent evaluation of the NEIRF as set out in Specification 1 of this contract. The role of evaluation is to assess evidence on the process, impact and value for money of NEIRF grant-funded projects. Through the evaluation we will establish the extent to which NEIRF aims and objectives have been achieved, to recommend adjustments to ongoing and future projects, capture and disseminate policy learning and evidence on developing private sector investment to deliver environmental outcomes and make recommendations on, and arrangements for, long term achievement of scheme outcomes. a) Evaluation of the Defra funded elements of GFI HIVE3 initiative, which will continue the provision of support for nature projects that are seeking private sector funding, and the facilitation of those relationships; and b) The production of standalone case studies of NEIRF projects, which can be disseminated to a wide audience, developed to the specification of the Coalition for Private Investment into Conservation.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
6 Dec 2022, 15:18 GMT - Award active
Not published · Not published - Contract active
Signed 6 Dec 2022, 00:00 GMT · £302,582
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards Ecory's UK Ltd Not published · Not published · active |
Contracts Contract £302,582 · signed 6 Dec 2022, 00:00 GMT · active |
Bid statistics bids: 1 (lot 1) |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Defra Network eTendering Portal
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Planning and rationale
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No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleThe justification for using Ecory’s is for the work to build upon what they have already undertaken as part of the original contract.
Justification: this will be a straightforward extension to the NEIRF evaluation which looks at the NEIRF community of practice. Therefore, we expect this extension to present the most Value for Money as data collection procedures are already being designed which can apply to the Hive initiative. Therefore, there are overwhelming efficiency gains to be secured by using Ecorys for this work, in particular:
• Interviews will be merged with those carried out for NEIRF stakeholder interviews, and so the resources needed to design and conduct this exercise are reduced;
• The NEIRF survey will be the basis for the additional survey work carried out for the Hive, and so a large degree of the preparation works, and execution methods already undertaken will benefit the Hive survey
Ecory’s will have built up necessary knowledge of the Green Finance Institute’s initiatives, for example they have attended a number of the NEIRF events already as observers and will have the capability to discharge this additional ask without any significant onboarding or induction.
a) Expanding case study work: create stand alone and public facing case studies of the projects supported by the Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund (NEIRF), developed to the specification of the Coalition for Private Investment into Conservation.
Justification: Ecory’s will already be producing case studies by way of box texts in their annual reports, and they have also produced project profiles as an annex of their reports, which are being developed using information collected through their existing data collection and analysis processes, however as the contract has progressed, we have identified a need to produce stand-alone case studies for public consumption which follow the blueprint guidance offered by the Coalition of Private Investment into Conservation. This guidance was not in existence at the inception of the existing contract. The extension involves:
• developing set templates of various levels of detail from a short (bronze) three-page study to a seven-page case study (silver plus) including more in depth information;
• fact checking on the outcomes of NEIRF funded projects and, for the more in-depth studies (silver plus), visiting projects to interview teams and collect additional data and reflections on project work – not otherwise available from other data collection methods;
• working with a graphic designer to produce 64 accessible public facing and standalone case studies, which are visually stimulating and impactful;
• developing, with a graphic designer, a half page summary infographic for 71 projects funded by the NEIRF, which will increase accessibility, for a wider audience, to the outputs and outcomes projects are seeking to deliver.
Delivery of the above can be achieved through building on the existing supplier’s workplan and utilising the contract resource that has been put in place during the existing contract. |