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Published 15 Aug 2022, 13:47 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Nature and Us · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Natural Resources Wales (Public body)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable
Awarded value£91,160published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 9 Aug 2022no call for competition
Awarded to FRESHWATER U K PLC

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Nature and Us public engagement to date has been exclusively online as a result of the pandemic. Because of this, there are gaps in our engagement with some audiences that we have not been able to reach. This purchase will deliver additional, targeted and face to face engagement to address those gaps, and to explore which of the ideas and actions we have gathered reflect the views of different communities in Wales; where there is agreement and where further work is needed to find common ground

CPV: Public relations consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1" Planning and delivery of up to 5 bilingual, public events across Wales, between June…Awarded

" Planning and delivery of up to 5 bilingual, public events across Wales, between June and the end of September 2022, for the playing back of nature and Us phase 1 findings and collection of further narratives to highlight the key themes. These events will build our evidence around shared and contested values and beliefs, common themes and statements, and to test how these are received by different audiences. While overall volume of responses is not a major consideration, the audience for this activity needs to be as diverse as possible. The purchase includes potential venue costs and provision of 1-2 researchers per event to capture views from the audience effectively.

" Planning and delivery of focused, regional events targeted at up to 20 specific groups (e.g. sectors, age groups or communities) at locations across Wales by end September 2022. The purchase includes potential venue costs and provision of 1- 2 researchers per event to capture views from the audience effectively. NRW will identify and confirm the target groups for these events.

" Support for NRW with identifying the right technology to facilitate the play back of findings and capture responses at these events, ensuring compliance with accessibility standards and data protection requirements for all engagement methods.

" Data analysis and a full report on findings to identify shared and contested themes, and the commonalities and differences between groups for all of the above events, and up to 10 additional events held by NRW independently.

" PR and communications / engagement support for both; a) the events listed above, to ensure sufficient take up and from the right audiences, and, b) ongoing communication of activity and findings from the Nature and Us programme.

" Supporting the transfer of any online legacy assets (www.natureandus.wales ↗) to an alternative website.

" Data collection and processing for any of this work should be fully conform General Data Protection Regulation requirements.

Delivery: Wales

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
15 Aug 2022, 13:47 BST
Last source update
15 Aug 2022, 13:47 BST
Authority reference
83207
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-022438
Classification (CPV)
Public relations consultancy services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035bc8 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

This arrangement is in accordance with Regulation 32(b)(ii) & (iii) of the Public Contract Regulations (2015) which allows for the negotiated procedure without prior publication to be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts where (b) the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator due to (ii) competition being absent for technical reasons or (iii) the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights.

Publisher note: (WA Ref:124024)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £91,1601 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Aug 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
FRESHWATER U K PLCSME£91,160 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 022438-2022-83207-1 · FRESHWATER U K PLCSME

    Signed
    9 Aug 2022
    Value
    £91,160
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Natural Resources Wales

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawEnvironmental protection Ty Cambria House, 29 Newport Road, Cardiff, Wales, CF24 0TPContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • FRESHWATER U K PLCAwarded supplier FRESHWATER U K PLC, MALTHOUSE AVENUE, CARDIFF, Wales, CF238BA

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.