Technical Consultant Services to represent Environment Agency in Surface Water and Groundwater Nitrate Vulnerable Zones Appeals 2021

Concepts

• technical consultant services to represent environment agency
• environmental issues
• technical consultant services
• consultancy services
• vulnerable zones appeals
• environment agency
• summary table of appeal outcomes
• surface water
• nvz appeals of current surface water
• technical consultancy services

Location

Description

Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) are areas designated as being at risk from agricultural nitrate pollution. The last DEFRA review concluded that that there had been little change in patterns of nitrate pollution and thus no new holdings were added to or removed from the list of designated NVZs. Therefore, the overall area of designated land in England remains at around 55%. The NVZ designations for 2021 to 2024 came into effect on 31 December 2020. The Authority has an urgent requirement for technical consultancy services to support its role in responding to complex NVZ appeals of current surface water and groundwater NVZ designations. The successful Bidder (Contractor) will be required to provide the following Services for the duration of the 2021 NVZ appeals process: 1) Responses to complicated appeals for existing NVZ designations. 2) Expert technical witnesses in 'oral' hearings. 3) Supplementary evidence in support of written hearings. 4) Updated spatial data to EA, reflecting changes to current NVZ boundaries resulting from appeal decisions, and clear and comprehensive audit trail of those changes. 5) Feedback to the EA on any data quality or assurance issues for correction. 6) A summary table of appeal outcomes handled by the contractor, including whether conceded or contested, and a brief description of the reasons for any upheld appeals.

CPV Codes

• 90713000 - Environmental issues consultancy services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.
• Contract is suitable for VCOs.

Other Information

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