Environment & Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme

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The purpose of this Prior Information Notice is to inform the market of the Welsh Government’s intention to procure a new Environmentand Rural Affairs Monitoring and Modelling Programme. The Welsh Government recognises that it is unlikely that a single serviceprovider would have the skills and capability across all the required disciplines to deliver a consistent model across all regions in Wales.The Welsh Government encourages a collaborative approach and with the issuing of this notice the market can now start the process of thebuilding of partnerships which bring together the necessary skills and capability.During 2016 the Welsh Government, working in partnership with Natural Resources Wales and a wide range stakeholders, undertook areview to explore and consult on what a new approach to environmental monitoring in Wales may look like.The project developed a consensus and identified a set of key recommendations for a new environmental monitoring framework for Wales:-Make better use of resources (financial and social) across the monitoring community;-Better inform wider Welsh Government policy beyond Environment and Rural Affairs portfolios;-Enable more adaptive, responsive and targeted management of natural resources and ecosystems;-Be a key evidence source for National Natural Resource Policy, including the State of Natural Resources Report and a wider range oflegislative requirements including international commitments;-Provide more accurate, timely and efficient delivery of data, evidence and information;-Explore the application of new technologies and environmental modelling;-Deliver integration and sharing of expertise, data and technologies;-Put Wales at the forefront of collaborative and innovative working reflecting its bold legislative agenda.The recommendations received full support from the Welsh Government, Natural Resources Wales and stakeholders.This review was undertaken to inform the design of a Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (GMEP) successor. It is the intention of the Welsh Government to enhance the methodological approach and data time series of the GMEP through this new programme.The Welsh Government, working in partnership with Natural Resources Wales will now progress with the procurement of a newEnvironment Monitoring Programme.The Welsh Government intends to invest in the region of £1.2m to £1.4m annually into its Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring andModelling Programme over a 4 year contract period.Interested service providers are encouraged to review the full list of key recommendations – Options for a New Integrated NaturalResource Monitoring Framework for Wales and the Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme at https://gmep.wales/resourcesIt is envisaged that a tender exercise will take place during Spring 2017. Potential bidders are encouraged to consider whether and how theycould partner with other organisations to deliver this service for Welsh Ministers. Please see the Welsh Government’s guidance on jointbudding, which can be found at the following link:http://gov.wales/topics/improvingservices/bettervfm/publications/jointbidding/?lang=enPwrpas y Rhybudd Gwybodaeth Ymlaen Llaw yw hysbysu’r farchnad am fwriad Llywodraeth Cymru i gaffael Rhaglen Monitro aModelu’r Amgylchedd a Materion Gwledig newydd. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru’n cydnabod na fyddai’r sgiliau na’r gallu ar draws ydisgyblaethau i gyd i gyflwyno model cyson dros bob rhanbarth o Gymru efo un darparwr gwasanaeth yn unig. Mae Llywodraeth Cymruyn annog dull cydweithredol ac wrth gyhoeddi’r rhybudd yma, gall y farchnad dechrau’r broses o adeiladu partneriaethau sy’n dwyn yngydy sgiliau a’r gallu angenrheidiol.Yn ystod 2016 ymgymerodd Llywodraeth Cymru, mewn partneriaeth gyda Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru ac amrywiaeth eang o rhanddeiliaid,adolygiad i archwilio ac ymgynghori ar sut fyddai ymagwedd newydd i fonitro’r amgylchedd yng Nghymru yn edrych.Datblygodd y prosiect consensws ac fe nodwyd set o argymhellion allweddol am fframwaith monitro amgylcheddol newydd i Gymru:-Gwneud gwell defnydd o adnoddau (ariannol a chymdeithasol) ar draws y gymuned monitro;-Gwell hysbysiad o bolisi Llywodraeth Cymru eang tu hwnt i bortffolio Amgylchedd a Materion Gwledig;-Galluogi rheolaeth o adnoddau naturiol ac ecosystemau yn fwy ymaddasol, ymatebol a thargedol;-I fod yn ffynhonnell tystiolaeth allweddol i Bolisi Cenedlaethol ar Adnoddau Naturiol, yn cynnwys Adroddiad ar Sefyllfa AdnoddauNaturiol a gofynion deddfwriaethol eang, yn cynnwys ymrwymiadau rhyngwladol;-Darparu data mwy cywir, amserol ac effeithlon, tystiolaeth â gwybodaeth;-Archwilio’r cais o dechnolegau newydd â modelu amgylcheddol;-Cyflwyno integreiddio a rhannu arbenigedd, data a thechnolegeddau;-Rhoi Cymru ar y blaen drwy weithio’n gydweithredol ac arloesol gan ddangos ei agenda deddfwriaethol beiddgar.Derbyniodd yr awgrymiadau cefnogaeth lawn oddiwrth Lywodraeth Cymru, Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru a’r rhanddeiliaid.Ymgymerwyd yr adolygiad i roi gwybod i’r dyluniad o’r Rhaglen Monitro a Gwerthuso Glastir (RMGG) nesaf. Bwriad LlywodraethCymru yw gwella dull methodolegol a chyfres amser data’r RMGG drwy’r rhaglen newydd yma.Bydd Llywodraeth Cymru, wrth weithio mewn partneriaeth gyda Chyfoeth Naturiol Cymru, yn symud ymlaen gyda chaffael RhaglenMonitro a Modelu’r Amgylchedd newydd.Mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn bwriadu buddsoddi tua £1.2 i £1.4 miliwn yn flynyddol i Raglen Monitro’r Amgylchedd a Materion Gwledigdros gyfnod o 4 blynedd o gontract.Anogir darparwyr gwasanaeth efo diddordeb i adolygu’r rhestr lawn o’r awgrymiadau allweddol – Opsiynau ar gyfer Fframwaith MonitroAdnoddau Naturiol Integredig Newydd ar gyfer Cymru a’r Rhaglen Monitro a Gwerthuso Glastir yn https://rhamagg.cymru/adnoddau/Rhagwelir y bydd ymarfer tendro yn cael ei gynnal yn ystod Gwanwyn 2017. Anogir cynigwyr posibl i ystyried p’un a sut y gallant weithiogyda sefydliadau eraill i gyflwyno’r gwasanaeth hyn I Weinidogion Cymru. Gwelwch ganllawiau Llywodraeth Cymru ar wneud cais ar ycyd yn y linc isod:http://gov.wales/topics/improvingservices/bettervfm/publications/jointbidding/?skip=1&lang=cyNOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=64420.