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Published 25 Mar 2024, 13:27 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Updating our water benefit model (NWEBS) – phase three

Official notice

Authority: ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£300,000≈ £150k / year
Submissions closed 3 May 2024
Contract term 2 yrsends 14 Apr 2026 · starts 15 Apr 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Environment Agency will undertake an England and Wales scale assessment of how society values the different aspects of water and scale of changes in the water environment. This new set of values will replace the existing National Water Environment Benefit Survey (NWEBS) values.

CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services · Research consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Building on findings of earlier work, this third and final phase will undertake an… 2 yrsPublished value£300,000

Building on findings of earlier work, this third and final phase will undertake an England and Wales scale assessment of how society values the different aspects of water and scale of changes in the water environment. This new set of values will replace the existing National Water Environment Benefit Survey (NWEBS) values.<br/>Project outputs will include a new set of water benefit values and a fit-for-purpose valuation framework that will support the design of more effective policies, more robust business cases and government analysis more widely.

Contract period: 15 Apr 2024 – 14 Apr 2026 (2 yrs)
Delivery: 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
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70%
  • Commercial: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70
  • Commercial: 30
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
25 Mar 2024, 13:27 GMT
Last source update
25 Mar 2024, 13:27 GMT
Award evaluation window
3 May 2024 – …
Authority reference
C23921
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-009600
Classification (CPV)
Research and development services and related consultancy servicesResearch consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-044c59 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
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Submission deadline
3 May 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
3 May 2024, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

25 Mar 2024 → 3 May 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    25 Mar 2024, 13:27 GMT
  2. Contract starts
    15 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    3 May 2024, 12:00 BST
  4. Bids opened
    3 May 2024, 12:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal)

Contracting authorityPublic bodyMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, UK, SW1P 4DFContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

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Official documents & specifications

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