Ecosystem Services Assessment

The Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, in partnership with the Natural Resource Wales (NRW) have developed a collaborative #NN4 Building a Resilient Approach for Gwent Project that aims to achieve significant acceleration of Resilient Ecological Networks (RENs) and Nature Recovery in Gwent.This is a collaborative integrated project, working with partnerships including; Gwent Green Grid, Living Levels, South East Wales Rivers and others, with the aim to deliver Step 1 and Step 2 of the NRW’s National RENs Guidance. This provides a regional approach for Gwent, informing partners and stakeholders on post-HLF NN4 funded project delivery (Step 3 of the guidance) that maximises ecosystem services and resilience (diversity, extent, condition, connectivity) underpinning our wellbeing, prosperity, culture and identity across our distinct landscapes and habitats in Gwent. This includes delivery of:• Ecosystem service assessments• Drivers, Pressures State, Impact, Response (DPSIR) assessments• Future trending• RENs codesigning/mapping• Visioning/objective setting• RENs Delivery Planning• Legacy and Performance PlanningNOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=150552

This project is for a duration of 22 months commencing June 2025 until March 2027. Tender return is Friday 23rd May 2025 at 12:00 noon and there is no facility to accept late tenders.The procurement process is being run via the e-tenderwales procurement portal - https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk where the tender pack is accessible and all tenders will be required to be submitted on the portal prior to the deadline time and date. Any communication in relation to the tender will need to be sent via the messaging option on the portal.The tender reference is -ITT_117124 Ecosystems Services Assessment(WA Ref:150552)The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.