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title: "Environment Agency Emergency Preparedness -Lot 3 Emergency Learning & Assurance"
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# Environment Agency Emergency Preparedness -Lot 3 Emergency Learning & Assurance

Buyer: ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL)  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-043cc6

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021349-2024 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 12 Jul 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 8 Apr 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 8 Jul 2024 |
| Contract period | 3 Jun 2024 - 3 Jun 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £4,500,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Active, Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL) |
| Additional buyers | DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL |
| 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 |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 3 |
| Supplier names | JEREMY BENN ASSOCIATES LIMITED (T/A JBA CONSULTING; RAB CONSULTANTS; RICARDO-AEA |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80510000 - Specialist training services

## Release History

- 12 Jul 2024 at 08:12 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021349-2024
- 12 Jul 2024 at 08:07 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021346-2024
- 10 Jul 2024 at 16:40 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021162-2024
- 26 Feb 2024 at 11:55 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006079-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome
- https://rabconsultants.co.uk
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
- https://www.jbaconsulting.com/

## Provenance

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