--- title: "East Cheshire Aquifer Model" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0374ca" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0374ca" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0374ca.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0374ca.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "HEAD OFFICE" published: "2022-10-11" --- # East Cheshire Aquifer Model Buyer: HEAD OFFICE Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0374ca [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0374ca) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0374ca.json) ## Summary The Environment Agency is planning a tender for the East Cheshire Aquifer Model project. The project involves updating the existing model with data from 2004 to December 2021 and transitioning to MODFLOW6. The procurement is for design-modelling services under the services category. The main project phases are set between January 2023 to March 2023 for Phase 1 and April 2023 to March 2024 for Phase 2, with funding currently secured for Phase 1 pending approval for Phase 2 funding. The buying organisation is the Environment Agency located in the UK. This tender presents an opportunity for consulting firms specialised in design-modelling services to bid for the project. Businesses that excel in groundwater and recharge modelling, scenario testing, and reporting are well-suited to compete. The procurement process is at the planning stage, with a planned future notice date established. Interested parties should express their interest via the provided email address for bidding consideration. The organisation leading the tender is the Environment Agency, a national agency focused on environmental protection, based in the United Kingdom. ## Notice The Environment Agency seeks a consultant to update the existing 2004 model with the input data from 2004 to Dec 2021 and to update the model to MODFLOW6. Following this a recommendation from the consultant on whether it will add value to develop an unconstructed grid for the model. The consultant will be working with an independent peer reviewer who will agree critical decisions and provide checks at key tasks/gateways in the model update process. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The Environment Agency will shortly be going out to tender with opportunities on the East Cheshire Aquifer model update project. The existing East Cheshire Aquifer model was last updated in 2004 with the MODFLOW96 software, using data from 1970 to 2001. The project objectives will be to update the 2004 model with the latest time series data covering 2001 to Dec 2021, upgrade the groundwater and recharge models to new modelling code/software versions and to run the model for four different scenarios - Calibrated historic, Naturalised, Recent Actual, Fully Licensed. Phase 1 (January 2023-March 2023), will involve data collection, processing, auditing and recommendations for the Phase 2 upgrades. Phase 2 (April 2023-March 2024) will involve agreed upgrades to the model following suggestions made in Phase 1, sensitivity testing, predictive scenario testing and reporting. To support the consultant and the EA in delivering these updates, there will also be a separate contract for an External Peer Reviewer, who will be involved in key decision making and providing approvals at key project gateways. The External Peer Reviewer will be contracted for both phases. Consultants may bid for both contract opportunities, however, as the External Peer Reviewer will be an independent person, they cannot be associated with the consultant that is successful in securing the model update contract. Phase 1 is expected to run from 03/01/23 to 31/03/23 and Phase 2 will run from 01/04/23 to 31/03/24. Funding is currently only guaranteed for Phase 1 although a request for Phase 2 funding has been made and we should be notified of the outcome of this bid by the end of the calendar year. If the funding bid is not successful then the project will terminate after Phase 1. Please respond to the email address given below with an expression of interest for bidding for either the main project and/ or the peer review contract. If you have any comments or feedback on the project at this stage, please also include them in your email for consideration ahead of the ITT publication, which is anticipated to be w/c 07/11/22. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028584-2022 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 11 Oct 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 10 Oct 2022 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | HEAD OFFICE | | Locality | BRISTOL | | Post town | Bristol | | Postcode | BS1 5AH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England | | ITL 3 | TLK51 Bristol, City of | | Local authority | Bristol, City of | | Electoral ward | Hotwells and Harbourside | | Westminster constituency | Bristol Central | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72242000 - Design-modelling services ## Release History - 11 Oct 2022 at 14:40 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028584-2022 ## Notice URLs - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs/about/procurement - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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