Nature and Biodiversity Footprint Phase 1: Scope Development

2025-01-10

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Published date: 10 January 2025

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Contract summary

Industry

Environmental services - 90700000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£20,000 to £45,000

Procurement reference

ENV6006789R

Published date

10 January 2025

Closing date

24 January 2025

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

3 February 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

What is an open procedure (below threshold)?

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

8 week phase 1 project to develop a scope for a follow-on phase 2 project that will deliver that scope. Phase 2 to be contracted separately. The scope provided on completion of phase 1 must therefore be clear and comprehensive enough for the future successful supplier to independently bid and deliver on.

Location: contractors premises, with MS Teams weekly progress meetings.

About the project: The Environment Agency (EA) intends to undertake a comprehensive assessment of its nature and biodiversity footprint. This project aims to identify and quantify the impacts of the EA's operations and supply chain on nature and biodiversity, forming the foundation for targeted, science-based management and disclosure reporting. The footprint will be used to support the EA's commitment to sustainability and compliance with emerging international frameworks such as the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD). The first phase of this project is to develop a clearly defined scope for the footprint.

As an output the project scope itself must set out:
1. The background to the footprint exercise and overarching methodological framework it will align to and why this is the best fit for the Environment Agency.
2. The scope/operational boundary of the footprint.
3. The measurement framework and metrics that will be used, based on analysis of strengths and weaknesses of the various alternatives.
4. Data plan, detailing: a. The existing datasets that will be used. b. Any necessary transformations that will be required to unify and standardise the data. c. Data gaps that will need to be filled and a plan to fill them. This should be a prioritised and phased plan. d. A plan for ongoing data management.
5. A draft outline delivery plan for the project.

We will also need a final report of all findings that explains the rationale behind the scope and evidence base for decisions made in scoping. We welcome ideas from the supplier on any additional content of the scope and on the content and format of t

More information

Attachments: Request for Quote Nature Footprint Phase 1.docx

Tender notice; LIT 63284 - Guided Buying_Commercial Response Basic.docx

Tender notice; Order Form EA Standard Goods & Services Terms and Conditions.docx

Tender notice
Additional text: To apply for this opportunity you must submit your quotation meeting the requirements detailed in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) attached.
Your response must be sent to vicki.betts@environment-agency.gov.uk by 17:00 GMT on 24/01/2025.
If you have any clarification questions linked to this opportunity or the procurement process please submit these via email to vicki.betts@environment-agency.gov.uk. Please note that, unless commercially sensitive, both the question and the response will be circulated to all tenderers.