EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) - Resource Contract

There's likely to be a significant increase in the amount of work in the Environment Agency's EU ETS Installations team, starting in the second half of financial year 2018/19. This is because we will be starting our preparation for Phase IV of EU ETS, involving a large scale data collection exercise, where we will collect a range of data required to determine operators' free allocations of allowances. We would expect this activity to last for approximately one year. At the same time, we will be continuing our front line business as usual activities to deliver our statutory duties, however there are some unknowns about the future implementation of the regime because of EU Exit. Therefore, we require the flexibility of having additional

resource to deliver our business as usual activities, and / or the data collection exercise, without increasing our overall headcount. Therefore, we are seeking to source four full time equivalents (FTE) to provide the additional resource.

We will let this contract to a single contractor or multiple contractors proposing candidates with the necessary experience, skills and capacity to successfully occupy the four FTE positions. Suppliers bidding for this requirement may propose one or more candidates in their submissions. However, please note that each candidate proposed must occupy one full FTE - a fraction of less than one (e.g. 0.75 FTE) will not be accepted and candidates will be disqualified from the tender process. The candidates must be based at the Environment Agency's Richard Fairclough House in Warrington and work no less than 37 hours per week. The deliverables include auditing and the provision of reports - more information is available in the tender pack on our e-tender portal (address given below).

Please note that consortium bids or bids using subcontracting arrangements will not be accepted in this instance.

Additional information:

Submissions are due via the Bravo portal by 10:00 on Tuesday, 7 August 2018.

More information on this requirement is available in the tender documents published on our e-tendering portal. To find this contracting opportunity on the portal, from the home page navigate to the current opportunities page and search for the contract titled "EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) - Resource Contract".

Supplier instructions to access the tender documents and submit a Supplier Selection response:

1. Register your organisation on the Defra e-tendering portal, if not already registered. The web address is https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register - Accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue' - Enter your correct business and user details - Note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete - You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).

2. Express an Interest in the tender - Login to the portal with the username/password - Click the 'PQQs /

ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) - Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. - Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page. - This will move the PQQ /ITT into your 'My PQQs/ My ITTs' page.

(This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) -You can now access any attachments by clicking

'Buyer Attachments' in the 'PQQ/ ITT Details' box

3. Responding to the tender - Click 'My Response' under

'PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining) - You can now use the 'Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification - Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT - There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) You must then submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page.

If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the e-Tendering help desk.

Right to Cancel: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to discontinue the procurement process at any time, which shall include the right not to award a framework or contract, and does not bind itself to accept the lowest tender, or any tender received, and reserves the right to award the framework or contract in part, or to call for new tenders should it consider this necessary. The Contracting Authority shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidate or tenderer in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this Contract Notice, or in the completion or submission of any tender.