Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Quay House, 2 East Station Road,Fletton Quays
UK-Peterborough: Environmental services.
PE28YY
UK
Telephone: +44 1733562626
E-mail: contractqueries@jncc.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www/jncc.gov.uk
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
http://www/jncc.gov.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
http://www/jncc.gov.uk
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Environment
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Towards Predicting the Biodiversity Impacts of Environmental Change
Reference number: C23-0382-1774
II.1.2) Main CPV code
73000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
In November 2022, JNCC and the Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies published a joint statement on Nature Recovery. This set out the need to embed nature recovery in UK decision-making and to deliver impactful policies that incentivise and drive public and private investment in the protection and recovery of the UK’s nature through all our activities. As envisaged in that statement, the global community has now committed to the ambitious Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. In May 2023, JNCC published a new strategy: Together for Nature (https://jncc.gov.uk/about-jncc/our-strategy); this further set out the need to advise on the design of new policies and actions to progress nature recovery.
However, despite a strong evidence base on biodiversity in the UK, we currently lack the technical capability to use this evidence to model the impact of potential environmental, societal and policy trajectories on biodiversity.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
250 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
UNITED KINGDOM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
JNCC is seeking research partners to help develop a modelling framework for predicting the impact on biodiversity from changes to the environment over the next 25-50 years across the whole of the UK. This framework must identify and be responsive to critical drivers of biodiversity change, including climate, society, land use and land management. The framework must allow for different scenarios to be developed and run to assess how different societal and policy choices could affect biodiversity. The framework should be designed to model a range of different biodiversity measures including measures of both species and habitat outcomes to provide a holistic view of biodiversity change.
Development of this modelling framework is likely to be a long-term endeavour. During the course of this contractual period, both the initial development and longer term planning
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
250 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
04/09/2023
End:
14/03/2025
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
Yes
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
Refer to the tecnical specification
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Provision or access to three years finanical accounts.
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
Refer to the technical specification
III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
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:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
04/08/2023
Local time: 09:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
04/08/2023
Local time: 09:30
Place:
Peterborough, United Kingdom
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
Staff members of JNCC Procurement Team
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
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GO Reference: GO-2023629-PRO-23304338
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Quay House, 2 East Station Road,Fletton Quays
Peterborough
PE28YY
UK
Telephone: +44 1733562626
E-mail: contractqueries@jncc.gov.uk
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Quay House, 2 East Station Road,Fletton Quays
Peterborough
PE28YY
UK
Telephone: +44 1733562626
E-mail: contractqueries@jncc.gov.uk
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Quay House, 2 East Station Road,Fletton Quays
UK-Peterborough: Environmental services.
PE28YY
UK
Telephone: +44 1733562626
E-mail: contractqueries@jncc.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
29/06/2023