Environment Agency - Agricultural Land and Drainage Tribunals

By way of background, the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (the Minister) has obligations in respect of sections 28, 29 and 30 of the Land Drainage Act 1991 (the Act, as amended). We require the services of a supplier to help ensure that the Minister may fulfil these statutory duties. The main aspects of the services required are: The provision of technical engineering reports to the Agricultural Land and Drainage Tribunals (the Tribunals) on applications relating to land drainage matters covered by sections 28 and 30 of the Act; Attendance at Tribunal hearings as an expert witness; Work required in connection with the fulfilment of the Minister's statutory requirements and the Tribunals; Provision of assistance to Environment Agency enforcement staff on implementing Tribunal decisions that have not been resolved despite interventions made by the supplier and Tribunal secretaries; and Provision of general services to assist the Environment Agency with their responsibilities and obligations in respect of the Tribunals and relevant land drainage matters. Notice numbers in the OJEU: 2016/S 069-120495 of 8.4.2016 and 2016/S 093-167432 of 14.5.16

Additional information: The tender process is being undertaken within Sell2EA, an online portal - www.sell2EA.com. You will find all the tender documents and areas for you to submit your tender response within the portal. Submissions for this tender will only be accepted via the Sell2EA portal.

There are user guides on the portal's home page to help you navigate the system. Please ensure you read "Supplier Guide Opportunity Search When Unregistered" and "Supplier Guide The Tender Response" before searching for this opportunity. These guides will show you how to register an interest in the opportunity and how to start completing the tender response wizard.

Should you have queries with the tender, please contact the Procurement Lead via the ‘Discussions' area in the portal. This can be accessed by logging in to Sell2EA and navigating to the relevant ‘Opportunity'. There is then an area in the top right called ‘View Discussions'. Here you can contact the relevant Procurement person. Further guidance can be found in the ‘Help' section in the top right hand corner of the portal.

All queries regarding use of the system that are not answered by this guidance section should be directed to Due North (the suppliers of the portal) who can be contacted on 01670 597 136 or support@due-north.com

Right to Cancel: The Environment Agency reserves the right to discontinue the procurement process at any time, which shall include the right not to award the contract, and does not bind itself to accept the lowest tender, or any tender received, and reserves the right to award the contract in part, or to call for new tenders should it consider this necessary. The Environment Agency 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.