Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c0c-7903-71a2-90f8-be3ef95b1443/qa-improvement-of-greenhouse-gas-inventory-models awarded GB direct award procedure # QA improvement of greenhouse gas inventory models [Business Energy and Industrial Strategy](https://tendernation.io/buyers/business-energy-and-industrial-strategy) Often single bidder Estimated value £49,122 Published 18 Oct 2017 Deadline Closed 22 Sept 2017 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Small contract value Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender This project will complete high priority short term recommendations on the quality assurance (QA) of all NAEI models as advised by external experts. Ricardo Energy and Environment (REE) will develop tools to add outlier checks to a number of elements of the inventory, including database output and quality checks (QC), mastersheet output and QC, reporting template QC (CRF population), and LULUCF QC in R-Shiny. Additional information: The QA scoping study by the independent expert concluded that the short term improvements can only practically be delivered by the current supplier (Ricardo Energy and Environment (REE)) and thus a Single tender action procurement route was taken. REE already has all the knowledge required to implement the updates to the NAEI models therefore the STA contract avoids duplication and additional expenditure by an other contractor. 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