Axis II Monitoring & Evaluation Programme

Descriptions

Axis II Monitoring & Evaluation ProgrammeFrom 2012 the current agri-environment schemes, Tir Gofal, Tir Cynnal, Organic Farm Scheme and Tir Mynydd will be superseded by a single land management scheme, Glastir. This scheme has been designed to effectively and efficiently meet current and future environmental challenges within an ecosystem goods and services framework. Glastir will fund land management practices which will increase the value of Wales’s natural capital and enhance the flow of associated goods and services to society.The Welsh Assembly Government on behalf of the Welsh Ministers, intends to let a 2 year contract with the potential to extend for a further 2 years. The monitoring programme is required to satisfy both internal and external evidence requirements, including accounting for and complementing existing Welsh and wider UK monitoring programmes. It must be constructed in a manner which robustly quantifies the relationship between intervention management, changes in natural capital and flows of ecosystem goods and services via a single monitoring framework. It is envisaged that the monitoring framework will consist of a surveillance component (establishing general trends in stock and flows) and a targeted component (which relates specific management to the wider observed trends in stock and flows). As an indication of the potential scope of the monitoring programme the following should be considered as minimum for investigation of stock and flows:SoilWaterHabitatSpeciesClimate Change MitigationHistoric EnvironmentLandscape Social CapitalAccessGiven the wide range of skills required to delivery the monitoring programme (and also to ensure maximum effectiveness and efficiency) the monitoring programme will be let as a single contract (single meaning an integrated approach rather than separate contracts for water, soil, habitats etc). Novel and innovative approaches to delivering this programme will be welcome. Interested organisations are encouraged to consider consortium working so as to ensure a broad range of skills and capacity to meet the programme’s requirements. The data collected under this monitoring contract will contribute the overall Axis evaluation and be used for future policy development.The Welsh Assembly Government, on behalf of the Welsh Ministers, will be conducting this procurement exercise through the etenderwales portal https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk Tender documents and other information must be downloaded from and returned through this portal. If you require any further assistance the BravoSolution helpdesk is available on:Email: help@bravosolution.co.uk Phone: 0800 368 4850/ Fax: 020 7060 0480Full information in accessing the portal is found in Section VI.3.