Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal)
Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
network.procurement@defra.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
Buyer's address
https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal Agency/Office
one.5) Main activity
Environment
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Environment Agency Emergency Preparedness Framework
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 80511000 - Staff training services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This framework is to enable the Environment Agency to develop the workforce skills and products to deliver an assured cycle of Emergency Planning.
The Environment Agency requires suppliers who can:
Help us assess risk, produce standards, plans and procedures that enable incident responders to undertake their role with clarity and safely.
Create and deliver innovative training, exercising and other learning products in eLearning, virtual classroom, physical classroom, videos and gamification.
Maintain and evolve the high-quality training delivery we already have in place.
Assure and review our work, to enable us to become accredited in emergency management and response.
Derive our practices from academic current thought and UK and international resilience best practice.
Train our people in emergency planning skills so they can be accredited in the skills they need to deliver well.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Emergency Learning and Assurance
Lot No
3
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 80511000 - Staff training services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Development, review, improvement, embedding and/or delivery of
Debriefing activities of incident responders to create and/or enable learning reports as aligned to our learning strategy
Auditing, assurance and accreditation of emergency response structures, frameworks, risks, plans, processes and roles
Individual and collective responders assessments to enable specific learning and improvement
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Emergency Planning
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 80511000 - Staff training services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Development, review, improvement and/or embedding of
emergency plans to accreditable standard
organisational response frameworks and structures and their operational instructions or equivalent to accreditable standards
responder tools and guidance to enable use of emergency plans, processes and/or systems during emergency response
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Emergency Training and Exercising
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 80511000 - Staff training services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Development, review, improvement and/or delivery of
virtual classroom training to accreditable standards for responder communities
physical classroom training to accreditable standards for responder communities
eLearning to accreditable standards for responder communities
virtual exercises to accreditable standards for responder communities
physical exercises to accreditable standards for responder communities
simulated exercises/gamification/serious games to accreditable standards for responder communities
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
23 February 2024
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes