AFBI - Provision of Field Surveyors for the DAERA NI Countryside Survey

Concepts

• belfast
• research and development
• building surveying
• architecture, engineering and surveying
• survey services
• ni
• the daera ni countryside survey
• the ni countryside survey
• the gb countryside survey
• countryside

Location

BELFAST

Description

Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs have commissioned a repeat of the NI Countryside Survey commissioned in 2007. Standard protocols will be followed, in line with the GB Countryside Survey, across a sample set of quarter kilometre (25ha) grid squares located throughout NI. The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) in GB are leading the study, partnered by AFBI and Queens University Belfast. The NI Countryside Survey provides a consistent long-term dataset for analysis of the effects of countryside, agricultural and other policies and pressures as drivers of change. The survey will be a repeat of the previous survey and will include a large soils component.

CPV Codes

• 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
• 77000000 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
• 71251000 - Architectural and building-surveying services
• 71250000 - Architectural, engineering and surveying services
• 79311000 - Survey services

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Renewals are not available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

Contractors not delivering on contract requirements. is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If. a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified.. time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract. performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for.. further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be.. regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and their. place. on the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Notice of unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded. from. all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern. Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the Notice