Environmental services

Tender description

The Company holds licences to provide water and wastewater services to a population of approximately seven million people and businesses in the North West of England. The Environmental Surveys and Consultancy frameworks cover these services across the business, advising against business objectives and supporting the acquisition of environmental consents from statutory environmental consultees and planning authorities. Framework Agreements have been awarded for the following lots: Lot 1 - Ecology Lot 2 - Planning Lot 3 - Archaeology. The services may include, but will not be limited to, the following activities: — provision of specialist ecological support to the Company and its Construction Partners, — reviewing development proposals, plans and method statements and providing technical advice, — designing and undertaking field surveys to identify any relevant ecological constraints, undertaking impact assessments and producing technical reports (with digitised mapping), — preparation of Ecological Impact Assessments, Environmental Statements and Habitat Regulations Assessments, — provision of advice to avoid or minimise ecological impacts and designing necessary measures to mitigate or offset any potential impacts, — preparation of ecological method statements, specifications or guidance notes and provision of specialist on site support or supervision, — provision of services relating to protected species licencing, including licence preparation and close down, coordination and on site supervision, — consultation with regulatory authorities, relevant landowners and 3rd party groups and external record centres, — completing task specific method statements, supporting risk assessments and implementing all necessary safe systems of work, — consultation with third party land owners in order to secure access. The services may include but will not be limited to: — undertake Desk Based Assessments (report and plans) and identify constraints, — undertake Feasibility Studies, — produce Planning supporting statements and Design and Access Statements, — undertake site visits, — manage Planning Performance Agreements, — arrange and undertake pre-application site visits with the LPA planner, — attend project update meetings and advise the project team on planning strategy, — submit planning applications on the Planning portal and deal with issues arising during the application process (to include all applications listed on the portal e.g. Conservation Area Consent, Listed Building Consent etc.), — manage and submit condition discharges, — work with the Company’s Communications Team to organise communications for public exhibitions/community events relating to the planning submission, — attend and represent the Company at public exhibitions/community events, — identify key stakeholders involved with the planning application. These services may include but not be limited to: — undertake Desk Based Assessments (report and plans). a) Provide a desk based assessment of archaeological interest based on area plan provided by Client. b) Provide an Archaeological report. The report shall include historic maps, and information derived from but not limited to on-line sources such as The Archaeology Data Service (http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/ifp/wiki.pdf), the National Heritage List (https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the‐list/) and PastScape (http://www.pastscape.org.uk/). — undertake Geophysical Survey and production of report, — undertake Archaeological excavation (To include the provision of machinery and trained operators), — production of Archaeological excavation Method Statement (AMS), — undertake Heritage impact Assessment (HIA), — site supervision of archaeological excavation, — attendance at pre-start meetings with the Company Construction Supervisor and/or Principal contractor, — attendance at emergency out of hour’s meetings, — undertake Archaeological Evaluation, — undertake Watching Briefs, — produce Written Schemes of Investigation, — liaise with stakeholders e.g. Local Planning Authorities, Historic England, landowners.