Natural England Bat Advice Service

Concepts

• research services
• consultancy services

Location

London

Description

Bat Advice Service

Total Quantity or Scope

The Bat Advice Service will provide specialist advice, primarily to householders, through a telephone, email, and website service and, when necessary, through visits carried out by Natural England’s network of licensed Volunteer Bat Roost Visitors (VBRVs).The main purpose of visits is to protect bats by reassuring people affected (or distressed) by them, to advise on timing (avoidance) and methods for building maintenance works (such as timber treatment, replacement of missing roof slates/tiles but not development) and to reduce the likelihood of exclusions (and consequent threat to bat conservation and licence requirements). However, there will be a small number of cases where exclusion is justified, and a licensing route is available for these cases.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 73210000 - Research consultancy services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

Only supplier with technical resources to meet requirement. This is a continuation of a requirement that commenced more than ten years ago. An open procedure tender was used for this service in 2019 to test supplier market for alternative suppliers, despite 25 suppliers accessing the tender documents only one bid received, from same supplier to Natural England Bat Advice Service contract.