CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE - Community Engagement Services for the Groundwater Resilience and Community Engagement Programme (GRACE)

Descriptions

Buckinghamshire Council sought to appoint a provider, or providers, experienced inengaging with the community to deliver community engagement over 4.5 years for theGroundwater Resilience and Community Engagement Programme (GRACE).Interested organisations should be experienced in engagement with local communities. Thiscan be unrelated to flooding.This project is funded by Defra as part of the £150 million Flood and Coastal ResilienceInnovation Programme which is managed by the Environment Agency to develop and testnew approaches to help communities become more resilient to the effects of flooding andclimate change.The aim of the GRACE Programme is, through innovative solutions and stakeholderengagement, to build resilience to groundwater flooding for communities, focusingparticularly on 10 at risk geographical areas.The provider(s) shall devise and carry out effective and true engagement with stakeholdersand local communities to help collaborate on, and co-produce, innovative solutions togroundwater flood risk. They will work closely with the Engagement and communicationsworkstream.The contract term is 4.5 years (4 years and 6 months) with the option to extend for 1 year.The work shall be undertaken in 4 phases, with each phase dependent on the council firstissuing formal written instructions at its discretion for the relevant work to be undertaken.The service is divided into 10 geographical areas referred to as Lots. The 10th area has not yet been agreed and therefore only 9 Lots were covered by this tender process.