CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Evaluation of Woodlands for Water Project (Sustainable Management Scheme/SMS)

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

We are seeking the services of an independent project evaluator to undertake research and reporting on the effectiveness of the Woodlands for Water Project in achieving its aims and objectives. Funded by the Welsh Government and European Union through the Sustainable Management Scheme until June 2022, the Woodlands for Water Project is a landscape scale conservation project delivering environmental enhancement works on private farms and the public forest estate within the catchments of the Afon Alun and Afon Chwiler in North East Wales.

The appointed contractor will undertake qualitative and quantitative research in order to measure the project's deliverables against its stated aims and objectives, since the project's start date in October 2020. We expect this research will be presented through the production of a report, presented in a format appropriate for sharing with the Welsh Government and the Wildlife Trusts before the end of March 2022.

Regular communication will be maintained between the contractor and the Project Manager who will provide access to the project's accumulated data and contacts database.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=115972.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

Production of report in appropriate format to be delivered before the end of March 2022. The report will present the research undertaken and clearly demonstrate how the project's aims and objectives have been delivered. A copy of the project's application with stated aims and objectives can be provided in advance. A copy of a map showing the geographic scope of the project can also be provided, which includes approximately 40 farms and 20 project partners.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Demonstrable experience in project evaluation exercises and reporting.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

Details of the project's original approved application and award notice can be provided on request.

(WA Ref:115972)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: Sustainable Management Scheme (Welsh Government Rural Communities - Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which is funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the Welsh Government)

(Welsh Government Rural Communities - Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which is funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the Welsh Government)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice