Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Environment Agency
Horizon House Deanery Road
Bristol
BS1 5AH
UK
Telephone: +44 2072385921
E-mail: alicia.simms@environment-agency.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal agency/office
I.5) Main activity
Environment
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
National Permitting Service (NPS) Resources Contract
II.1.2) Main CPV code
90700000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Environment Agency’s National Permitting Service is a busy department with over 400 staff across 5 offices delivering a permitting service for the Environment Agency. The service determines environmental permits to support regulation across a range of sectors from householders to major international chemical industries. We are seeking support in the determination of permit applications made under the environmental permitting regulations and the water resources act for our regulated industry sites in waste and installations.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
4 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This requirement is to source a number of suppliers to provide consultant support to the environment agency’s national permitting service. There are a range of roles required. Approximately 15-20 experienced professionals who are familiar with the permitting process or activities that the environment Agency regulate. 1-4 FTE (Full Time Equivalent) are required to provide technical support to our less experienced NPS staff as well as undertaking permitting activities themselves. There is also a requirement for one or 2 individuals required to support our specialist geoscience technical team as a hydrogeologist or a geotechnical engineer with extensive risk assessment experience.
These roles provide specialist technical support to the national permitting service particularly around landfill, as well as leading other national technical projects such as leading on the regulation of closed landfills.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Methodology
/ Weighting: 10 %
Quality criterion: Essential candidate skills and experience
/ Weighting: 90 %
Price
/ Weighting:
50 %
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 169-384943
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: National Permitting Service Resource Contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
08/02/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 12
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Jacobs UK Ltd
Manchester
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Wardell Armstrong
Stoke-on-Trent
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Socotec
Flintshire
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Gutteridge Haskins and Davey
Ince
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Mott MacDonald Ltd
Cambridge
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Stantec UK (ESI)
Shrewsbury
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
WYG Environment Planning Transport Ltd
Manchester
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 4 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Court of England and Wales
Various
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period following electronic notification(minimum of 15 calendar days for any other means of communication) to unsuccessful applicants of the award decision. Applicants who are unsuccessful shall be informed by the Authority as soon as possible after the decision has been made as to the reasons why the applicant was unsuccessful. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take legal action. Any such action must be brought within the applicable limitation period.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
05/06/2019