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title: "Project to produce an overview document and assist a Quality Assurance (QA) scoping study for the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI) models"
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# Project to produce an overview document and assist a Quality Assurance (QA) scoping study for the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI) models

Buyer: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d69b9bc3-2f94-4d3f-a258-4356bc2423f1

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## Summary

The procurement process involves the Department of Energy and Climate Change as the buying organisation, which is currently in the Award stage for a tender titled "Project to produce an overview document and assist a Quality Assurance (QA) scoping study for the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI) models." This project is categorised under research services, with a total contract value of £20,000. The contract period commenced on 23 January 2017 and is set to conclude on 31 March 2017. The tender was awarded following a single tender action, justified under public contract regulations due to the specificity of the service required, which is currently being provided by Ricardo Energy & Environment.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses in the research services sector, particularly those specialising in environmental science and quality assurance processes. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary and community sector enterprises (VCSEs) with the capabilities to collaborate or obtain necessary information from existing contractors may find it advantageous to participate. Understanding the dynamics of the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory models will be crucial for companies looking to position themselves competitively in future tenders of a similar nature.

## Notice

The project is to: * Deliver a final technical overview document for the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI). For BEIS and Defra to gain a better understanding of how the NAEI models fit together and to be able to share this with any other organisation working on improvement of inventory QA. * Support a QA scoping study. This should lead to a better ability to specify a new QA improvement programme, enabling more focussed QA activities and cost-effective QA improvement of the NAEI. Additional information: The requirement was awarded via a single tender action. All the knowledge required to produce this overview of the NAEI suite of models sits with the current inventory contractor, Ricardo Energy and Environment (REE). For any other supplier to produce this, they would need to get all the information from REE and pay them for the time to do this so BEIS would effectively be paying twice for the work. The justification in Public Contract Regs 2015 is: 32.-(1) In the specific cases and circumstances laid down in this regulation, contracting authorities may award public contracts by a negotiated procedure without prior publication. General grounds (2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:- ... (b)where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:- . ... (ii)competition is absent for technical reasons, (iii)the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights, . but only, in the case of paragraphs (ii) and (iii), where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement;...

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/482f2d6b-0d38-4115-ba40-fa79ca7c9a10 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not applicable |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Feb 2017 |
| Submission deadline | 6 Jan 2017 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Jan 2017 |
| Contract period | 23 Jan 2017 - 31 Mar 2017 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £20,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £20,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1A 2AW |
| 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 |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | RICARDO ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73110000 - Research services

## Release History

- 14 Feb 2017 at 11:49 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/482f2d6b-0d38-4115-ba40-fa79ca7c9a10

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/482f2d6b-0d38-4115-ba40-fa79ca7c9a10
  14th February 2017 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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