Expired contract

Defra Environmental Noise Modelling Design and Build Framework

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): Noise Consultants Ltd
Value: 100,000
Duration: 4 years
Topic: Services related to noise pollution
Published: 29 September 2021
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

The output requirement of the framework is to appoint a supplier that Defra will work with to develop a new noise monitoring methodology for England that may be adopted by Devolved Administrations and other Authorities. The subsequent implementation of this methodology should enable the UK to meet its legal obligation to complete the next round of noise mapping by 2022 and populate the 25 Year Environment Plan Indicator. Without the award of this framework and subsequent Contract award Defra will not meet its regulatory obligations as set out in UK Law and EU, this poses a risk of regulatory divergence from EU law. The output of the resulting contracts is for an environmental noise model enabling scenario and retrospective modelling covering road and rail transport sources at a strategic national level in England. This includes the ability to post-process the generated noise levels spatially in a manner which will be able to incorporate industrial and airport noise level data generated external to this model (to be made available in a common format, e.g. ascii or shapefile). The solution will enable subsequent analysis of noise data from all four noise sources and in particular with population data, in line with existing legal obligations.

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 February 2021
Completed: Award published29 September 2021
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date31 January 2025

About the buyer

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a ministerial department that also buys through agencies such as the Environment Agency, the Rural Payments Agency and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. Suppliers register on the DEFRA eCommercial website, Atamis, to compete for contract opportunities across the department. Larger opportunities are advertised through the Find a Tender service under the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. DEFRA also procures goods and services through the Crown Commercial Service. Existing contracts and frameworks set up under the previous procurement regulations remain valid until they expire.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

90742000 · Services related to noise pollution

Decision makers

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