Tender

Towards Predicting the Biodiversity Impacts of Environmental Change

  • Joint Nature Conservation Committee

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-018576

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03dd9c

Published 29 June 2023, 4:04pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Quay House, 2 East Station Road,Fletton Quays

UK-Peterborough: Environmental services.

PE28YY

Email

contractqueries@jncc.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1733562626

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www/jncc.gov.uk

one.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 above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

http://www/jncc.gov.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Environment


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Towards Predicting the Biodiversity Impacts of Environmental Change

Reference number

C23-0382-1774

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.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.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £250,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance

UNITED KINGDOM

two.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

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £250,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start date

4 September 2023

End date

14 March 2025

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: Yes

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.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

three.1.2) Economic and financial standing

List and brief description of selection criteria

Provision or access to three years finanical accounts.

three.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.2) Conditions related to the contract

three.2.2) Contract performance conditions

Refer to the technical specification

three.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 four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

4 August 2023

Local time

9:00am

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

four.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)

four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

4 August 2023

Local time

9:30am

Place

Peterborough, United Kingdom

Information about authorised persons and opening procedure

Staff members of JNCC Procurement Team


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.2) Information about electronic workflows

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

six.3) Additional information

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GO Reference: GO-2023629-PRO-23304338

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Quay House, 2 East Station Road,Fletton Quays

Peterborough

PE28YY

Email

contractqueries@jncc.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1733562626

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Quay House, 2 East Station Road,Fletton Quays

Peterborough

PE28YY

Email

contractqueries@jncc.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1733562626

Country

United Kingdom

six.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

Email

contractqueries@jncc.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1733562626

Country

United Kingdom