The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) is a new public body. We protect and improve the environment by holding government and other public bodies to account.
The objectives of this work are to:
• Enable us to analyse and report on the implementation and effectiveness of Habitat Regulation Assessments (HRA), Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA) laws in England and NI, and the potential for future improvements in these areas, by making comparisons with and using examples from environmental assessment regimes in other jurisdictions that are broadly equivalent or have similar objectives to HRA, EIA and SEA. We want to understand how the legal framework, wider legal context, policy, guidance, practice, caselaw and other factors influence success or failure of the regimes on the ground. OEP may use this information to make recommendations for improvements to the existing arrangements in England and NI.
• Support the OEP's work to influence legislative or practical reforms to environmental assessment in England and NI to maintain or improve environmental protection.
Full details of the project requirements and how to submit a tender are provided in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) attached to this contract notice.
If you have any queries about this procurement email: procurement@theoep.org.uk
In the subject line state: CRO045-01 Non-UK EAR - ITT Query - YOUR COMPANY NAME
Queries received by any other method will not be responded to.
We will publish our responses to queries by attaching them to this Contract Notice. Please check this Notice regularly for these updates as we cannot contact you directly.
The deadline for tender submissions is 23:45, 7 November 2022
It is your responsibility to ensure that you allow sufficient time to request the ITT and ensure your tender arrives with us before the deadline date and time. We will not accept any tenders that arrive late.
Additional information: 28/10/22: Clarifications v1 and ITT v2 issued
The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) is a new public body. We protect and improve the environment by holding government and other public bodies to account.
The objectives of this work are to:
• Enable us to analyse and report on the implementation and effectiveness of Habitat Regulation Assessments (HRA), Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA) laws in England and NI, and the potential for future improvements in these areas, by making comparisons with and using examples from environmental assessment regimes in other jurisdictions that are broadly equivalent or have similar objectives to HRA, EIA and SEA. We want to understand how the legal framework, wider legal context, policy, guidance, practice, caselaw and other factors influence success or failure of the regimes on the ground. OEP may use this information to make recommendations for improvements to the existing arrangements in England and NI.
• Support the OEP's work to influence legislative or practical reforms to environmental assessment in England and NI to maintain or improve environmental protection.
Full details of the project requirements and how to submit a tender are provided in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) attached to this contract notice.
If you have any queries about this procurement email: procurement@theoep.org.uk
In the subject line state: CRO045-01 Non-UK EAR - ITT Query - YOUR COMPANY NAME
Queries received by any other method will not be responded to.
We will publish our responses to queries by attaching them to this Contract Notice. Please check this Notice regularly for these updates as we cannot contact you directly.
The deadline for tender submissions is 23:45, 7 November 2022
It is your responsibility to ensure that you allow sufficient time to request the ITT and ensure your tender arrives with us before the deadline date and time. We will not accept any tenders that arrive late.
Additional information: 28/10/22: Clarifications v1, v2 and ITT v2 issued
The Office for Environmental ProtectionWest MidlandsWAC-280046
The overarching objective of this ITT is to support the OEP in developing an independent view of the effectiveness of the current legislation and its implementation in relation to the designation and management of protected sites for wildlife in England and Northern Ireland.
We would like the following to be delivered, as described further in the ITT.
A. A literature review of publications relating to the designation and
management of protected sites in England and Northern Ireland.
B. A comparison of the effectiveness of the current legislation and its
implementation in England and Northern Ireland to examples elsewhere in the world.
Full details of the project requirements and how to submit a tender are provided in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) attached to this contract notice.
If you have any queries about this procurement email: procurement@theoep.org.uk
In the subject line state: CRO043-01 Protected Sites - ITT Query - YOUR COMPANY NAME
Queries received by any other method will not be responded to.
We will publish our responses to queries by attaching them to this Contract Notice. Please check this Notice regularly for these updates as we cannot contact you directly.
The Office for Environmental ProtectionWest MidlandsWAC-223244
The overarching objective of this ITT is to support the OEP in developing an independent view of the effectiveness of the current legislation and its implementation in relation to the designation and management of protected sites for wildlife in England and Northern Ireland.
We would like the following to be delivered, as described further in the ITT.
A. A literature review of publications relating to the designation and
management of protected sites in England and Northern Ireland.
B. A comparison of the effectiveness of the current legislation and its
implementation in England and Northern Ireland to examples elsewhere in the world.
Full details of the project requirements and how to submit a tender are provided in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) attached to this contract notice.
If you have any queries about this procurement email: procurement@theoep.org.uk
In the subject line state: CRO043-01 Protected Sites - ITT Query - YOUR COMPANY NAME
Queries received by any other method will not be responded to.
We will publish our responses to queries by attaching them to this Contract Notice. Please check this Notice regularly for these updates as we cannot contact you directly.
The Office for Environmental ProtectionWest MidlandsWAC-406259
The aim of this project is to contribute to the OEP's understanding of waste management and illegal waste disposal in Northern Ireland, and associated impacts on the natural environment and public health. We are specifically interested in a baseline evidence assessment of monitoring and reporting on such matters to support our scrutiny function within Northern Ireland.
Through this study we are looking to identify: the intended outcome/s (e.g. targets) of relevant legal and policy frameworks; regulatory and monitoring programmes including the availability of data and information supporting these; and the environmental and public health impacts of waste management and illegal disposal.
If you have any queries about this procurement email: procurement@theoep.org.uk
In the subject line state: ISN011-01 -Assessment of waste management and illegal disposal in Northern Ireland ITT Query - YOUR COMPANY NAME
Queries received by any other method will not be responded to.
We will publish our responses to queries by attaching them to this Contract Notice. Please check this Notice regularly for these updates as we cannot contact you directly.
The Office for Environmental ProtectionWest MidlandsWAC-400893
The aim of this project is to contribute to the OEP's understanding of waste management and illegal waste disposal in Northern Ireland, and associated impacts on the natural environment and public health. We are specifically interested in a baseline evidence assessment of monitoring and reporting on such matters to support our scrutiny function within Northern Ireland.
Through this study we are looking to identify: the intended outcome/s (e.g. targets) of relevant legal and policy frameworks; regulatory and monitoring programmes including the availability of data and information supporting these; and the environmental and public health impacts of waste management and illegal disposal.
If you have any queries about this procurement email: procurement@theoep.org.uk
In the subject line state: ISN011-01 -Assessment of waste management and illegal disposal in Northern Ireland ITT Query - YOUR COMPANY NAME
Queries received by any other method will not be responded to.
We will publish our responses to queries by attaching them to this Contract Notice. Please check this Notice regularly for these updates as we cannot contact you directly.
The Office for Environmental ProtectionWest MidlandsWAC-403239
The aim of this project is to contribute to the OEP's understanding of waste management and illegal waste disposal in Northern Ireland, and associated impacts on the natural environment and public health. We are specifically interested in a baseline evidence assessment of monitoring and reporting on such matters to support our scrutiny function within Northern Ireland.
Through this study we are looking to identify: the intended outcome/s (e.g. targets) of relevant legal and policy frameworks; regulatory and monitoring programmes including the availability of data and information supporting these; and the environmental and public health impacts of waste management and illegal disposal.
If you have any queries about this procurement email: procurement@theoep.org.uk
In the subject line state: ISN011-01 -Assessment of waste management and illegal disposal in Northern Ireland ITT Query - YOUR COMPANY NAME
Queries received by any other method will not be responded to.
We will publish our responses to queries by attaching them to this Contract Notice. Please check this Notice regularly for these updates as we cannot contact you directly.
The Office for Environmental ProtectionWest MidlandsWAC-400891
The objective of this procurement is to provide the OEP with a user-friendly, flexible, web hosted and secure end-to-end e-procurement system that supports OEP buyers with making the right procurement choices and managing their contracts, efficiently and robustly.
The Office for Environmental ProtectionWest MidlandsWAC-186959
This project will provide a critical evaluation of the coherence of the prospective Climate Action Plan (CAP) and prospective Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) in Northern Ireland.
Full details of how to submit a tender are provided in the ITT.
THE OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONWest MidlandsWAC-153400
3.1 This project aims to support the OEP in developing an independent view on the trajectory to achieving Good Environmental Status (GES) for UK marine waters. It will support us to gather and analyse the views of the stakeholder community on the drivers, and pressures in the marine environment. It will also seek views on the current state of the evidence base.
3.2 The marine environment is a priority for the OEP, and our corporate plan is that this year we will review available evidence of the condition of the marine environment and identify any gaps in this evidence that should be addressed by the UK Government. This project is a key part of delivering this commitment and will shape the future of the OEP's marine programme.
3.3 We are seeking to understand the drivers and pressures adversely affecting the marine environment; the steps that are yet to be taken to achieve GES; the barriers preventing those steps being taken; and the evidence needed to enable those steps to be implemented and effectively monitored. By drivers and pressures, we mean:
• Drivers: Social, economic and demographic influences (e.g. dredging & extraction, fisheries, offshore infrastructure and industrial activities) and natural conditions that impact upon the environment. These include direct and indirect drivers.
• Pressures: The stresses, arising from a driver, that cause a deterioration in the natural environment (e.g. gaseous emissions, noise pollution, damage to seabed).
THE OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONWest MidlandsWAC-152362
3.1 This project aims to support the OEP in developing an independent view on the trajectory to achieving Good Environmental Status (GES) for UK marine waters. It will support us to gather and analyse the views of the stakeholder community on the drivers, and pressures in the marine environment. It will also seek views on the current state of the evidence base.
3.2 The marine environment is a priority for the OEP, and our corporate plan is that this year we will review available evidence of the condition of the marine environment and identify any gaps in this evidence that should be addressed by the UK Government. This project is a key part of delivering this commitment and will shape the future of the OEP's marine programme.
3.3 We are seeking to understand the drivers and pressures adversely affecting the marine environment; the steps that are yet to be taken to achieve GES; the barriers preventing those steps being taken; and the evidence needed to enable those steps to be implemented and effectively monitored. By drivers and pressures, we mean:
• Drivers: Social, economic and demographic influences (e.g. dredging & extraction, fisheries, offshore infrastructure and industrial activities) and natural conditions that impact upon the environment. These include direct and indirect drivers.
• Pressures: The stresses, arising from a driver, that cause a deterioration in the natural environment (e.g. gaseous emissions, noise pollution, damage to seabed).
THE OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONWest MidlandsWAC-150941
3.1 We recognise the successful delivery of government environmental goals will require a significant uplift in the levels of both public and private investment, and involve the mobilisation of private finance, more broadly, in supporting these goals. We plan to monitor and hold HM government to account in realising their plans for mobilising green finance, as outlined in the recently published Green Finance Strategy and Nature Markets Framework.
3.2 This foundational project should help us to develop our understanding of themes and issues relevant to green finance. Our focus is how green finance can best be mobilised at scale and pace to support the delivery of the government's Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP).
3.3 Specifically, we're interested in the mobilisation of private finance through supporting efforts to integrate environmental factors into core decision making and markets (e.g. environmental disclosure, creating nature markets). We're also interested in where the private investment flows are going (e.g. sector, activity, environmental outcome).
3.4 Our remit is to assess progress across all 10 goal areas of the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP). Within the broad scope of the EIP, we are currently most focused on improving nature at sea and on land, specifically targets relating to halting the decline in biodiversity (species abundance) by 2030 and reversing this decline by 2042, and water quality, specifically achieving good ecological status, and reducing diffuse agricultural pollution
THE OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONWest MidlandsWAC-145472