--- title: "RSDO Environmental Report and Habitats Regulation Assessment" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04afc6" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04afc6" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04afc6.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04afc6.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL" published: "2024-10-21" --- # RSDO Environmental Report and Habitats Regulation Assessment Buyer: DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04afc6 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04afc6) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04afc6.json) ## Summary The Environment Agency (EA) is planning a procurement process titled "RSDO Environmental Report and Habitats Regulation Assessment," focusing on the environmental impact assessment sector. The procurement falls under the services category and is intended for work across England and Wales. The procurement process is currently in the planning stage, with a preliminary information notice (PIN) requesting suppliers to express interest. Key dates include the closing date for the PIN response on 28th October 2024 at 15:00, and a future notice date of 4th November 2024. The main location for this contract is the UK, and it addresses compliance with current drought legislation valid from January 2025 to March 2027. The contracting authority overseeing this procurement is the Defra Network eTendering Portal, based in London, UK. This tender offers significant business growth opportunities, especially for firms specialising in environmental impact assessments, water resource management, and drought planning legislation. Businesses with expertise in Aquator and 1D model outputs, and those with a background in working collaboratively with stakeholders and regulators such as Natural Resources Wales and Natural England, would be well-suited to compete. The tender highlights the need for clear project management skills to ensure timely, cost-effective delivery. This procurement method aims to gauge market interest and capability, providing a preliminary opportunity for businesses to propose innovative solutions and showcase their expertise in environmental assessment and Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA) processes. ## Notice The Environment Agency (EA) requires a supplier to impact assess the River Severn Drought Order (RSDO) and produce a full Environmental Report and Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) to comply with current drought legislation in England and Wales between January 2025 to March 2027. ### Lot Information Lot 1 This project will require the consultant to use the modelled Aquator and 1D model outputs to impact assess the River Severn Drought Order (RSDO) and produce a full Environmental Report and Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) to comply with current drought legislation in England and Wales. The in-combination impacts need assessing collaboratively with key stakeholders to share best available information and be more transparent with the aim of reducing potential for conflict come a live application. The Environmental Report and HRA need writing in close consultation with NRW and Natural England's Habitats Directive specialists. The over-arching objectives of this project are to: Objective 1 Consultant to identify the current legislation and guidance applicable to the RSDO and Environmental report and use it to propose a draft structure/contents page for the Environmental report. Consultant needs to consider the cross-border implications between Wales and England and ensure variations in legislation are included and a reference list produced. Objective 2 Consultant to identify the current legislation and guidance applicable to the RSDO HRA and use it to outline the HRA process to be followed and propose a draft structure/contents page for each report/stage of investigation. Consultant needs to consider the cross-border implications and ensure variations in legislation are included and a reference list produced. Objective 3 Consultant to deliver a fit for purpose RSDO Environmental Report that satisfies the latest drought guidance. Provided in Word and PDF format with copyright ownership to the EA and Natural Resources Wales (NRW), allowing for future edits and updates to be done internally to keep the document live and enable the insertion of Welsh translations. Objective 4 Consultant to deliver a HRA for the RSDO in isolation2 and full in-combination3, working closely with Natural England and NRW to understand concerns and obtain support. Provided in Word and PDF format with copyright ownership to the EA and NRW. Objective 5 Consultant to work with key stakeholders and cross reference with Strategic Resource Options (SROs) ongoing work to conduct a monitoring review and gap analysis of the existing RSDO monitoring programme. The key skills required to do this project are listed below: * Understanding of River Severn Regulation. * Technical understanding of water resource management and drought planning legislation. * Experience of undertaking drought permit/order impact assessments and producing Environmental Reports. * Experience of undertaking Habitats Regulation Assessments. * Experience of working with multiple stakeholders and regulators on a project with potentially conflicting interests. * Technical understanding of Aquator modelling and interpreting outputs desirable. * Project management skills to oversee the development and delivery of the project to time, cost, and quality criteria * Clear verbal and written communication for discussions with key project staff and stakeholders. Innovative and varied communication approaches are expected to ensure stakeholders are well engaged during delivery and are readily able to use and embed outputs. Additional information: The purpose of this PIN is a request for information, offering suppliers the preliminary opportunity to share their potential ideas for the project. In order to understand the markets appetite and ability to resource and bid for this work, we are requesting you respond to this PIN to confirm if you are interested in bidding for this work and that you can meet any or all of the requirements outlined above. Your response should be submitted by email to dgc-laww-buyer@defra.gov.uk by the closing date of 28th October 2024 (15:00). The Authority may contact you to confirm your interest and ability to meet our requirements. The response to this PIN will determine if/ when we are able to commence a procurement process. This PIN does not commit the Authority to progressing this opportunity beyond this point. It should also be noted that this PIN invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034002-2024 | | 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 | 21 Oct 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 4 Nov 2024 | | 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 | 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 | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services ### Codes - 90711000 - Environmental impact assessment other than for construction ## Release History - 21 Oct 2024 at 15:07 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034002-2024 ## Notice URLs - https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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