The New Forest National Park Authority, Natural England and Forestry Commission are working together to convene experts and stakeholders to produce a Protected Site Strategy (PSS) and Strategic Action Plan (SAP) for deer management for the New Forest National Park and surrounding area. The New Forest National Park is a landscape of significant historical, cultural, and ecological importance, in which deer have long played a defining role. Understanding the historical and cultural context of deer within the New Forest can help inform current deer management, support stakeholder engagement, and strengthen public narratives around nature, landscape, and land use. The outputs will be used to inform and support the stakeholder engagement and co-design of the Strategy.

Award criteria: The Contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender to the Authority, based on the evaluation criteria of 20% price and 80% quality. Tenders will be evaluated and assessed using the scoring matrix below. Criteria Weighting Price 20% Quality 80% Sub-weightings for the Quality Criteria are provided below : Section Quality Heading Sub-Weighting A Company Information 0% B Your Approach 40% C Scope of Services 30% D Your Experience / References 30% The following scoring mechanism will be used to allocate points available. Scoring Points Response meets the required standard in all material respects and adds value in some or all of the major requirements 9 - 10 Response meets the required standard in all material respects 7 - 8 Response meets the required standard in most material respects, but is lacking or inconsistent in others 5 - 6 Proposal falls short of achieving expected standard in a number of identifiable respects 3 - 4 Response significantly fails to meet the required standard, contains significant shortcomings or is inconsistent with other responses 1 - 2 Completely fails to meet required standard or does not provide a response 0 Price - with regards to the price evaluation, the lowest accepted (i.e. reasonable) submitted price will be awarded the maximum price score of 20%. Thereafter, each tender will be ranked and scored in accordance with how much more expensive their respective price is compared to the lowest price (e.g. - if it is 50% more expensive than the lowest price, it will be awarded 50% less price points in comparison to the lowest price tender). Quality - weighted scores will be calculated by multiplying the score for each quality criteria by its weighting. The weighted scores will be totalled for each tender. The totals will be normalised so that the normalised highest total will attract the highest Quality score of 80%. There is an overall quality threshold of 6 points. If the summation of the weighted scores under each quality heading is below this figure, then the tender will no longer be considered, regardless of price.

Procurement Act 2023

Below threshold - open competition

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Bidding documents: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-24680 Bidding documents: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-24681