- Scope of the procurement
- Lot 1a – Civils (maintain and construct) (Contracts <£1m)
- Lot 3b – Landscape Monitoring Services
- Lot 1c – Arboricultural / Agricultural Management
- Lot 3a – Landscape and Habitat implementation & establishment aftercare
- Lot 2 – Asset Operation and Response
- Lot 1d – Culverts and Confined Spaces Services
- Lot 1b – Mechanical Electrical Instrumentation Control and Automation
Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal)
17 Nobel House
London
SW1P 3JR
Contact
Ross Beavis
ross.beavis@environment-agency.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.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
Asset Operation, Maintenance, Response and Landscape Framework
Reference number
P-30224
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 45200000 - Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
two.1.3) Type of contract
Works
two.1.4) Short description
The Environment Agency (EA) is seeking expressions of interest from organisations to participate in pre-market engagement activity in relation to the forthcoming procurement of a National Framework Agreement for Asset Operation, Maintenance, Response and Landscape requirements.
Organisations are invited to provide comments and feedback on the EA's proposed approach via a Pre-Market Questionnaire (further information below).
Please note: This is NOT a call for competition.
The procurement remains subject to approval. The EA does not intend to be bound by any information at this stage and makes no commitment to incorporate any recommendations or suggestions within the final procurement documents.
All information provided is subject to change including the contract value and is not a guarantee of the level of work that will be generated through any future Framework.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £540,503,847
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot 1a – Civils (maintain and construct) (Contracts <£1m)
Lot No
1a
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 45200000 - Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
- 45000000 - Construction work
- 71313450 - Environmental monitoring for construction
- 45220000 - Engineering works and construction works
- 45243000 - Coastal-defence works
- 45243300 - Sea wall construction work
- 45243600 - Quay wall construction work
- 45246400 - Flood-prevention works
- 45221100 - Construction work for bridges
- 45246200 - Riverbank protection works
- 71541000 - Construction project management services
- 45243510 - Embankment works
- 45246100 - River-wall construction
- 45246410 - Flood-defences maintenance works
- 45247220 - Weir construction work
- 76600000 - Pipeline-inspection services
- 45247270 - Reservoir construction works
- 45247200 - Construction work for dams and similar fixed structures
- 45221100 - Construction work for bridges
- 45243500 - Sea defences construction work
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Typical tasks and activities: -
• Earth embankments for flood defence.
• Concrete structures i.e. outfalls, abutments, hard flood banks, culverts, wave return walls, retaining walls.
• Erosion protection and revetment works - Rock armour works, stone and natural products, concrete blockwork, brickwork, dredging and channel excavation and geotextile solutions.
• Culverts repairs.
• Bridge works – removal of existing, construction (access bridges), repair/maintenance works.
• Piling works i.e. sheet piling, bored piles.
• Weirs, locks, flumes, sluices, gauging station infrastructure, fish passes.
• Minor building works such as telemetry kiosks and building maintenance works.
• Creating habitats for wildlife – engineering works to support habitat creation
• New channel creation/channel re-profiling.
• Metal fabrication and welding.
• Detailed design, bending schedules, drawings etc., for civil and building services.
• Design of temporary works.
• Natural flood management features (leaky barriers, river restoration, flood plain restoration)
• Fencing.
• Design, installation and repair of in -channel features such as Riffles, Groynes, Faggots, Deflectors, Mattresses, Fish passage structures, locks, etc,
• Undertaking emergency civil engineering works required including out of hours if necessary
• Minor building works on assets such as gauging stations, pumping stations
• Design, manufacture and installation of fabricated steel and aluminium structures
• Minor building and facilities management works
• Asset condition inspections (e.g. T98, Public Sector Risk Assessments (PSRAs) etc)
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot 3b – Landscape Monitoring Services
Lot No
3b
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 71420000 - Landscape architectural services
- 92534000 - Wildlife preservation services
- 90720000 - Environmental protection
- 90712400 - Natural resources management or conservation strategy planning services
- 71400000 - Urban planning and landscape architectural services
- 92533000 - Nature reserve services
- 90711500 - Environmental monitoring other than for construction
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Typical tasks and activities (non-exhaustive): -
The following is to be undertaken by chartered landscape architects (registered individuals/practices with the Landscape Institute):
• Site Inspections and Monitoring of the Landscape & Habitats implementation and establishment aftercare by professional consultants
• Monitoring of intervention measures to ensure Environmental Net Gain (ENG) and Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is successfully established
• Broader administration of the Monitoring Services by LI registered landscape practices to support the technical services provided by the Client’s Landscape Contract Support team
• Landscape Contract Administration :
- The role of Delegated Contract Administrator for individual JCLI Landscape Contracts being called off through the Framework.
- The role of Landscape Clerk of Works undertaking on-site inspections, monitoring and reporting of both the works implementation itself together with the subsequent 5 or 10 year establishment aftercare period.
- Financial scheduling and forecasting for each of the framework contracts.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot 1c – Arboricultural / Agricultural Management
Lot No
1c
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 77314000 - Grounds maintenance services
- 77211300 - Tree-clearing services
- 77315000 - Seeding services
- 90922000 - Pest-control services
- 45246200 - Riverbank protection works
- 77312000 - Weed-clearance services
- 77314100 - Grassing services
- 77211400 - Tree-cutting services
- 45246410 - Flood-defences maintenance works
- 77211500 - Tree-maintenance services
- 77310000 - Planting and maintenance services of green areas
- 90700000 - Environmental services
- 45342000 - Erection of fencing
- 45243510 - Embankment works
- 50514200 - Repair and maintenance services of reservoirs
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Typical tasks and activities (non-exhaustive): -
• Grass & Weed cutting spraying and removal via mechanical and manual method
• Vegetation management in and around fluvial (rivers) or coastal assets
• Tree works
• Tree surveys and risk assessments
• Planting and seeding
• Inspection for blockages caused by debris that affect or could affect flows in rivers and on assets such as debris screens, weirs, fish & eel passes etc
• Inspection for visual change to the integrity of the structure, e.g. cracking to brickwork in a headwall, bolts missing from a screen, fencing panels bent open, site signage etc
• Remove any debris on structure and remove to regulated disposal or green waste recycling site where appropriate.
• Inspection and maintenance of assets such as flap valves, penstocks, debris screens, fish passes etc.
• Assessment and clearance of gravels & silts from rivers and traps including regulated disposal
• Invasive weed control and treatment of invasive non-native vegetative species (INNS)
• Vermin and pest control
• Provision of temporary field team resource
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot 3a – Landscape and Habitat implementation & establishment aftercare
Lot No
3a
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 45112700 - Landscaping work
- 71421000 - Landscape gardening services
- 77310000 - Planting and maintenance services of green areas
- 70332100 - Land management services
- 45262640 - Environmental improvement works
- 45112710 - Landscaping work for green areas
- 92533000 - Nature reserve services
- 92534000 - Wildlife preservation services
- 77300000 - Horticultural services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Typical tasks and activities (non-exhaustive): -
• The landscape construction (implementation) of hard and soft landscape works
• Creation and management for a broad range of habitats compliant with Environmental Net Gain (ENG), Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) and some aspects of carbon offsetting
• Habitat restoration, e.g. peatland restoration
• Establishment Aftercare of soft landscape works:
• Trees
• Shrubs
• Bulbs
• Grassland
• Wetlands
• Marginal Habitats
• Intervention measures to ensure Environmental Net Gain (ENG) and Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is successfully established
• Natural flood management features (e.g. leaky barriers, offline storage, woodland planting for flood risk management, runoff management)
• Protective Fencing
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot 2 – Asset Operation and Response
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 63721300 - Waterway operation services
- 34221200 - Mobile emergency units
- 63721000 - Port and waterway operation services and associated services
- 34221100 - Mobile incident units
- 65320000 - Operation of electrical installations
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Support an organisations ability to operated assets, including out of hours, typical tasks and activities (non-exhaustive): -
• Deployment of temporary defence management plans
• Flood gate operations
• Demountable defence operations
• Mobile pump operations
• Lock operation and lock keeping
• Trash Screen clearance
• MEICA operational activity support
• Pipeline operating and monitoring
Support to the Incident room, preparation for mobilisation, and provision of labour for incident response including out of hours, typical tasks and activities (non-exhaustive):
• Incident Response Standby
• Provision of field team support
• Drought response for assets
• Enacting contingency where assets have failed to perform to set standard
• Enacting exceedance plans where an assets resilience is exceeded.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot 1d – Culverts and Confined Spaces Services
Lot No
1d
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 45221220 - Culverts
- 71631400 - Technical inspection services of engineering structures
- 76600000 - Pipeline-inspection services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Typical tasks and activities (non-exhaustive): -
• Culvert inspections (including CCTV)
• Culvert clearance
• Confined spaces access and inspection
• Asset condition inspections (e.g. T98 inspections, Public Sector Risk Assessments (PSRAs) etc)
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot 1b – Mechanical Electrical Instrumentation Control and Automation
Lot No
1b
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 71334000 - Mechanical and electrical engineering services
- 42122000 - Pumps
- 71334000 - Mechanical and electrical engineering services
- 45247220 - Weir construction work
- 31682210 - Instrumentation and control equipment
- 71333000 - Mechanical engineering services
- 45248100 - Canal locks construction work
- 45351000 - Mechanical engineering installation works
- 50511000 - Repair and maintenance services of pumps
- 45000000 - Construction work
- 45315100 - Electrical engineering installation works
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Typical tasks and activities: -
Innovation, design, supply, installation and refurbishment of the following types of assets:
• pump stations refurbishments;
• flood and water gates;
• sluice gates;
• navigation locks and moorings;
• penstocks;
• weed & debris screens;
• weed-screen cleaners;
• outfall flaps;
• waste pumps;
• associated ancillary Assets, i.e. bearing grease pumps;
• water transfer systems/pipelines;
• borehole equipment i.e. pumps, pipelines, valve chambers
• building services associated with the above asset types;
• Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and relay controlled Motor Control Centres (MCC);
• electrically driven actuators;
• shaft driven and submersible axial flow pumps;
• Archimedean screws
• Instrumentation & control systems
• Switchgear (LV)
• transformers (LV)
• electrical distribution;
• hydraulic systems;
• rope and hydraulic lifting and hauling equipment;
• automatic weed-rakes;
• water flow and level measurement instrumentation; and
• fire alarms, CCTV installations and security systems.
Work not in scope :
• Provision of Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM), Reactive Work (RW) and Minor Project Works.
• Provision of Electrical Installation and Condition Reporting on existing MEICA installations.
• Provision of High Voltage Works
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
23 June 2023
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
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Further information regarding the EA's proposals and the Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire are available upon request.
If interested please email: ross.beavis@environment-agency.gov.uk.
The deadline for return of the Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire is Monday 6th March 2023 at 10:00hrs.