Award

Environment Agency Emergency Preparedness -Lot 3 Emergency Learning & Assurance

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL)

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

Award

12 Jul 2024 at 08:12

Award

12 Jul 2024 at 08:07

Award

10 Jul 2024 at 16:40

Tender

26 Feb 2024 at 11:55

Summary of the contracting process

The Environment Agency (EA) has completed its procurement process for the contract titled "Environment Agency Emergency Preparedness -Lot 3 Emergency Learning & Assurance" for specialist training services. The buying organisation is ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal) based in London, UK. The procurement method used was an open procedure, and the contract worth £780,750 GBP was awarded to Ricardo-AEA Ltd. The contract was signed on 12th July 2024.

This tender presents business growth opportunities for suppliers of specialist training services, particularly those focusing on emergency planning, training, and exercising in the environmental protection sector. Suppliers with expertise in innovative risk management solutions and assurance activities would be well-suited to compete. The procurement stage has progressed to the award phase, and active engagement with the buying organisation can lead to future opportunities within this field.

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Notice Title

Environment Agency Emergency Preparedness -Lot 3 Emergency Learning & Assurance

Notice Description

Environment Agency Emergency Preparedness -Lot 3 Emergency Learning & Assurance

Lot Information

Lot 1 - Emergency Planning

Development, review, improvement and embedding of:
organisational response Contracts and structures and their operational instructions or equivalent to accreditable standards
emergency plans to accreditable standards
responder tools and guidance to enable use of emergency plans, processes and/or systems during emergency response.

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome

Any questions, requests to participate or tender submissions must be submitted electronically via this portal.

Renewal: A one-year extension of the contract is possible.

Lot 2 - Emergency Training and Exercising

Development, review, improvement and delivery of:
Virtual classroom training to accreditable standards
Physical classroom training to accreditable standards
eLearning to accreditable standards
Virtual exercises to accreditable standards
Physical exercises to accreditable standards
Simulated exercises/gamification/serious games to accreditable standards.

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome

Any questions, requests to participate or tender submissions must be submitted electronically via this portal.

Renewal: A one-year extension to the contract is possible.

Lot 3 - Emergency Learning and Assurance

Development, review, improvement, embedding and delivery of:
Debriefing activities of incident responders to create and enable learning reports as aligned to our learning strategy
Auditing, assurance and accreditation of emergency response structures, Contracts, risks, plans, processes and roles
Individual and collective incident responder assessments to enable specific learning and improvement.

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome

Any questions, requests to participate or tender submissions must be submitted electronically via this portal.

Renewal: A one-year extension to the contract is possible.

Lot 1

This provision will enable the EA to find innovative and assured solutions to its risk management cycle needs across emergency planning, training and exercising, learning and assurance activities

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-043cc6
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021349-2024
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services


CPV Codes

80510000 - Specialist training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£4,500,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
12 Jul 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
8 Apr 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
8 Jul 20241 years ago
Contract Period
3 Jun 2024 - 3 Jun 2028 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Active, Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL)
Additional Buyers

DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL

Contact Name
Network Procurement
Contact Email
network.procurement@defra.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 3459335577

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1P 4DF
Post Town
South West London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
3
Supplier Names

JEREMY BENN ASSOCIATES LIMITED (T/A JBA CONSULTING

RAB CONSULTANTS

RICARDO-AEA

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