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Published 2 Sept 2022, 15:26 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Sustainable Finance to MMO

Official notice

Authority: Defra Network eTendering Portal·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£560,000≈ £240k / year0.6% below published estimate
Submissions closed 3 Oct 2022awarded 9 Nov 2022
Awarded to Environmental Finance Ltd.
Contract term 2 yrs 4 moends 31 Mar 2025 · starts 5 Dec 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Through the Blue Belt Programme and on behalf of the UK Government, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) provides advice and assistance to UK Overseas Territories to enhance the protection and management of their marine environments.

Between now and end of March 2025, the MMO wishes to commission a financial specialist to research, including through testing and piloting, a range of sustainable financing mechanisms, plans and approaches that could be applied to mobilise new and more sustainable finance for marine protection and management for UK Overseas Territories.

CPV: Financial consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 2 yrs 4 moPublished value£560,000
Contract period: 5 Dec 2022 – 31 Mar 2025 (2 yrs 4 mo)
Delivery: UK · UK
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
How bids were scored
  • Price

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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
2 Sept 2022, 15:26 BST
Last source update
21 Dec 2022, 13:52 GMT
Award evaluation window
4 Oct 2022 – …
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-036208
Classification (CPV)
Financial consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03657b Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment

Publisher note: The decision to proceed with the next financial year’s phase of work will be taken at the start of each financial year (at the start of Financial Year 2023/2024 for work planned in that year, with a further decision at the start of Financial Year 2024/2025 for work planned in that year). The decision to proceed will be dependent on Programme priorities. At this stage, the work is expected to run until the end of Financial Year 2024/2025.

How it was run

Official notice
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Submission deadline
3 Oct 2022, 16:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
4 Oct 2022, 09:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

3 Oct 2022 → 21 Dec 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    3 Oct 2022, 16:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    4 Oct 2022, 09:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    5 Dec 2022
  4. Notice published
    21 Dec 2022, 13:52 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Dec 2022
  1. Status changed to complete
    21 Dec 2022, 13:52 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    21 Dec 2022, 13:52 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £556,7001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Nov 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Environmental Finance Ltd.Provision of Sustainable Finance£556,700 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Defra Network eTendering Portal

Contracting authorityMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsEnvironmental protection Nobel House 17 Smith Square, London, UK, SW1P 3JRContact email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • DefraContracting authorityMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsEnvironmental protection London, UKContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Department of Environment, Food and Rural AffairsReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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