--- title: "Urban Demonstrators - Urban Water Management Workshops" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-26eb8a9b-f4c9-48f1-9a7e-9f70497bb87c" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-26eb8a9b-f4c9-48f1-9a7e-9f70497bb87c" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-26eb8a9b-f4c9-48f1-9a7e-9f70497bb87c.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-26eb8a9b-f4c9-48f1-9a7e-9f70497bb87c.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS" published: "2018-01-09" --- # Urban Demonstrators - Urban Water Management Workshops Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-26eb8a9b-f4c9-48f1-9a7e-9f70497bb87c [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-26eb8a9b-f4c9-48f1-9a7e-9f70497bb87c) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-26eb8a9b-f4c9-48f1-9a7e-9f70497bb87c.json) ## Summary The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs is conducting an open tender for the project titled "Urban Demonstrators - Urban Water Management Workshops". This initiative falls under the services industry category, specifically focusing on research consultancy services. The procurement process is currently in the tender stage, with submissions due by 5pm on 16th January 2018. The workshop series, comprising four to five sessions aimed at enhancing stakeholder engagement within urban water management, is scheduled to commence on 23rd January and conclude by 31st March 2018, based in London, England. This tender presents a significant growth opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) with expertise in environmental consultancy and public engagement. Businesses that specialise in collaborative methodologies, strategic intervention design, and experience within local authority contexts would be particularly well-suited to participate. Engaging in this contract can enhance visibility and establish vital connections with key stakeholders in urban water management, fostering future collaborations and projects that contribute to ecological sustainability and community well-being. ## Notice Collaborative and integrated management of the urban water environment can yield multiple benefits including reduced flood risk, improved water quality and enhanced community well-being through engagement with green-blue spaces. With the growth of catchment partnerships across England, the framework now exists to drive forward such collaborative working and with it cost-effective delivery. More needs to be done, however, to engage certain key stakeholders within the urban environment, particularly 'local authorities' (Local Government, planners, transport departments, Local Enterprise Partnerships etc.) to convey not only the benefits to them of such collaborative engagement but also the importance of sustainable management of water resources to economic growth and regeneration. The catchment based approach (CaBA) provides the mechanism to undertake local authority engagement at a national scale. Backed with targeted high quality communications resources that capture the growing number of collaborative urban delivery case studies, such engagement could encompass a series of regional workshops. These four to five workshops would bring together key stakeholders, including local authorities, to drive knowledge exchange and the building of capacity across a range of issues including strategic targeting and design of interventions, opportunities for collaboration, current barriers to delivery and funding. These collaborative workshops and accompanying guidance literature would be complemented by direct engagement with both national (e.g. LGA) and umbrella organisations such as CaBA urban working group. Roll-out of the national engagement programme would fully exploit the expertise currently provided by the select few local authorities who are currently engaged with the catchment based approach. These workshops will be written up to provide case studies to illustrate the benefits from this work. The work will be delivered in liaison with the CaBA urban working group. The benefits from the previous workshops have been written up and are available here: http://urbanwater-eco.services/project/urban-demo-workshops/ This fixed contract would deliver 4-5 workshops and disseminate the outputs. Work would start in January and be completed by the end of March 2018. Additional information: To apply please respond to the attached Invitation to Quote and associated documents. Instructions on what information we require you to provide is in Section 4 of the following Request for Quotation document. Your response should be returned to the following email address by 5pm on the 16th January 2018 - antonia.scarr@environment-agency.gov.uk Please confirm, by email, whether you intend to submit a quote. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me. Mrs Antonia Scarr antonia.scarr@environment-agency.gov.uk. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cfcd788a-725c-4409-9bc2-01e63b447fe8 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 9 Jan 2018 | | Submission deadline | 16 Jan 2018 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 23 Jan 2018 - 31 Mar 2018 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1P 4DF | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | St James's | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ### Codes - 73210000 - Research consultancy services ## Release History - 9 Jan 2018 at 10:17 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cfcd788a-725c-4409-9bc2-01e63b447fe8 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cfcd788a-725c-4409-9bc2-01e63b447fe8 9th January 2018 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/327b436a-1fde-4cd2-a4e7-ad3fc3107946 Request for quotation Pack - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/f05808db-686a-439c-a936-89fba4a8a113 Pricing Schedule (Appendix A) - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/9665566c-8e0c-4440-bc2c-adb7701e94ee Terms and conditions (Appendix C) ## Notice URLs - http://urbanwater-eco.services/project/urban-demo-workshops/ - http://www.gov.uk/environment-agency ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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