MPPLRFT202301 - Services for Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Appropriate Assessment (AA) Screening (and if required full assessment) of Marine Planning Guidelines.

Professional Services for Screening for Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Screening for Appropriate Assessment (AA) of draft Ministerial Guidelines: (1) “Offshore Wind Energy Marine Planning Guidelines” and (2) “Designated Maritime Area Plans Guidelines” and the undertaking of a full SEA and AA if required: The Contracting Authority is seeking one supplier for the requirements of this RFT - (a) Screening for a Strategic Environmental Assessment of each of the draft Minsterial Guidelines - (1) the"Offshore Wind Energy Marine Planning (OWEMP) Guidelines" and (2) the "Designated Maritime Area Plans (DMAP) Guidelines", which complies with the requirements of EU Directive 2001/42/EC and the European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004 to 2011; and (b) Screening for Appropriate Assessment (AA) of each of the draft Ministerial Guidelines - (1) the OWEMP Guidelines and (2) DMAP Guidelines - which complies with the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) and S.I. No. 477 of 2011 (European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011), as amended; In addition the following may be required: (c) An appropriately scaled Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of each of the draft Ministerial Guidelines - (1) the "OWEMP Guidelines and (2) the "DMAP Guidelines"- which complies with the requirements of EU Directive 2001/42/EC and the European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004 to 2011; and (d) An Appropriate Assessment (AA) of each of the draft Ministerial Guidelines - (1) the OWEMP and (2) the DMAP Guidelines - which complies with the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) and S.I. No. 477/2011 (European Communities (Birds and natural habitats) Regulations 2011), as amended. [Tenderers should note that there is no guarantee that the assessments referred to at (c) or (d) will be required].

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10/05/2023 12:00:00

90700000-4  Environmental services
90710000-7  Environmental management
90712000-1  Environmental planning
90712300-4  Marine conservation strategy planning