Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Klondyke Building, Cromac Avenue
Belfast
BT7 2JA
UK
E-mail: SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
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
DAERA Environmental Farming Scheme — Monitoring and Evaluation of NI Bird Populations in Response to Management Measures
Reference number: ID 2145395
II.1.2) Main CPV code
90000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
DAERA requires an assessment of the impact of EFS management interventions targeting breeding waders and seed eating birds as well as the response of a broad spectrum of upland birds to EFS landscape scale habitat management. The contractor will monitor and evaluate bird populations on a sample of EFS agreement lands compared to an equivalent area of counterfactual (land not under EFS agreement). This will allow the effectiveness of specific habitat management measures undertaken by Agreement holders to be assessed against perceived outcomes. The delivery of this contract will require expertise in ornithology, terrestrial ecology, species identification and field monitoring techniques, construction and population of databases, geographical information systems, spatial analysis, techniques of statistical analysis and report writing.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
699 893.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
90700000
90710000
90711500
90714100
90720000
90721100
90721700
90722000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
DAERA requires an assessment of the impact of EFS management interventions targeting breeding waders and seed eating birds as well as the response of a broad spectrum of upland birds to EFS landscape scale habitat management. The contractor will monitor and evaluate bird populations on a sample of EFS agreement lands compared to an equivalent area of counterfactual (land not under EFS agreement). This will allow the effectiveness of specific habitat management measures undertaken by agreement holders to be assessed against perceived outcomes. The delivery of this contract will require expertise in ornithology, terrestrial ecology, species identification and field monitoring techniques, construction and population of databases, geographical information systems, spatial analysis, techniques of statistical analysis and report writing.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: AC2 team lead experience
/ Weighting: 7
Quality criterion: AC3 key personnel experience
/ Weighting: 10.5
Quality criterion: AC4 proposed methodology
/ Weighting: 45.5
Quality criterion: AC5 contract management
/ Weighting: 7
Cost criterion: AC6 total contract cost
/ Weighting: 30
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:
2020/S 168-408204
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23/10/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The British Trust for Ornithology
The Nunnery
Thetford
IP24 2PU
UK
Telephone: +44 182750050
E-mail: applications@bto.org
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.bto.org
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 699 893.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement
As above
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
26/10/2020