The Environment Agency has issued a Prior Information Notice (PIN) in order to identify organisations interested in taking part in a Market Sounding Exercise before starting a formal procurement process for its Flood and Coastal Risk Management (FCRM) capital programme worth a potential £1.5 billion.
The Agency is looking to replace the existing supplier arrangements that help it deliver the FCRM capital programme and support its capability to manage incidents. The EA is now seeking feedback from the supply market to help it shape the future commercial delivery model in the most efficient and effective way.
Under the project programme the Agency currently intends to initiate a procurement exercise in Autumn 2017 with the aim of awarding the new commercial arrangement by July 2019.
Estimated total value of the contract, which will be divided into lots, is £1.5 billion.
The Agency envisages that a Market Sounding Questionnaire will be available on the 17th February 2017 with a questionnaire return deadline of 1st March.
To clarify its understanding of any points raised following review of the returned questionnaires, the EA is also reserving the right to invite a limited number of respondents to participate in 1-to-1 discussions.
All participants in the Market Sounding Exercise will be expected to do so at their own cost.
The Agency added:
“It should be noted that any information provided on our current thinking should be considered formative in nature and no decision on the future solution, funding or commercial approach has yet been agreed.”
Click here to download the Prior Information Notice
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