Hungary – Environmental engineering consultancy services – ÁKK5 projekt–stratégiai környezeti vizsgálat (SKV)

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) to be carried out within the framework of the project "Preparation of the Second Review of Flood Risk Assessment, Hazard and Risk Maps, Flood Risk Management Plans and Related Tasks" (KEHOP_PLUSZ-1.2.21-24-2024-00001). Task description: The reason for the procurement: The necessity of carrying out the Strategic Environmental Assessment is prescribed by Section 43(4) of Act LIII of 1995 on the General Rules of Environmental Protection and Government Decree 2/2005. (I.11.) on Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes. The Government Decree mentioned in its Annex 1 lists the plans and programmes subject to environmental assessment, including the national water management concept and national programmes. The environmental assessment is part of the planning, consultation, and approval process of the plan or programme. The purpose of the procurement: The Flood Directive requires a review every six years, the works of which Hungary carries out within the framework of the project entitled "Preparation of the Second Review of Flood Risk Assessment, Hazard and Risk Maps, Flood Risk Management Plans and Related Tasks", KEHOP Plusz-1.2.21-24-2024-00001 (hereinafter: ÁKK5). For the methodological review and updating of hazard and risk maps and the second review of the flood risk management plan, a strategic environmental assessment (hereinafter: SEA) of the flood protection engineering design tasks is necessary. The purpose of the SEA is to influence the preparation of the plans and concepts in question so that environmental aspects can be taken into account as early as possible in the planning process. The client's interest and need is that the SEA process should take place in parallel with the preparation of the Plan, in order to provide a basis for its most acceptable development. In the optimal case, the environmental assessment is prepared together with the plan, thus facilitating the realisation of environmental interests. Within the framework of the environmental assessment, an environmental evaluation must be prepared, which identifies, describes and evaluates the expected significant environmental impacts of the implementation of the plan or programme, its objectives and its geographical extent. A plan or programme cannot be submitted without an environmental evaluation. The purpose of the SEA is to improve the quality of the planning documents, the environmental effectiveness, effectiveness and environmental consistency of the measures, by involving the opinions of environmental experts and stakeholders in the preparation and planning process: - to assist in reducing and eliminating any potential adverse environmental impacts of the plan, - to increase and strengthen the expected beneficial environmental impacts of the plan, - to assist in the creation of institutional harmony and integration between different sectors, - to ensure the realisation of the principles of fairness and public participation. Tasks to be performed: „Preparation of the Second Review of Flood Risk Assessment, Hazard and Risk Maps, Flood Risk Management Plans and Related Tasks” (KEHOP_PLUSZ-1.2.21-24-2024-00001) within the framework of the project Strategic Environmental Assessment to be carried out. The tasks to be performed under the service contract are primarily regulated by Act LIII of 1995 on the General Rules of Environmental Protection. The tasks can be grouped as follows: 1. Task: Determining the content of the environmental evaluation, developing the thematic content according to Section 7 of Government Decree 2/2005. (I. 11.) (hereinafter: Decree) 2. Task: Preparing the environmental evaluation according to Annex 4 of Government Decree 2/2005. (I. 11.) 3. Task: Preparing the SEA report based on the social comments given on the SEA agenda 4. Task: Availability The environmental evaluation to be carried out within the framework of the SEA, according to Annex 4 of Government Decree 2/2005. (I. 11.), is a multidisciplinary task covering several environmental elements, integrating the identification, description and evaluation of environmental impacts, the ex-ante environmental and effectiveness evaluation of measures, and the examination of DNSH, climate resilience and VKI aspects (especially Article 4.7). Within the scope of the procurement, the winning bidder must prepare at least 4 separate study/analysis work components or results related to the preparation of the SEA, as follows: 1. examination and determination of the content and detail of the environmental evaluation, and on this basis, the development of the thematic content according to Section 7 of Government Decree 2/2005. (I. 11.); 2. carrying out the necessary studies and analyses for the preparation of the working version of the environmental evaluation according to Annex 4 of Government Decree 2/2005. (I. 11.), in line with the scheduling of the preparation of ÁKK5; 3. carrying out the study and analysis work components necessary for the preparation of the version of the SEA evaluation that can be submitted for official and public consultation; 4. examining, analysing and, if necessary, incorporating the expert and social comments given on the SEA agenda, and preparing the SEA report and the comprehensible summary. Task scheduling: The winning bidder must complete the tasks to be performed within the contract - within 18 months from the date of entry into force of the contract - according to the following schedule: Planned date of entry into force of the contract: 1 November 2026. (the start date of the contract is an indicative date which may change depending on the actual duration of the procurement procedure) Contract completion deadline: 28 April 2028. Total contract duration: 18 months from the date of entry into force of the contract. The details are contained in the technical specification and the procurement documents.