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# Aquatic Water Quality Award Scheme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/aquatic-water-quality-award-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-06493c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal): "Aquatic Water Quality Award Scheme". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/animal-and-plant-health-agency-defra-network-etendering-port-gov-ea1079)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £20,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/aquatic-water-quality-award-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-06493c#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06493c`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/aquatic-water-quality-award-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-06493c#tl-md)

## Description
This Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) has been developed to define how the APHA and Bristol Zoological Society shall work together for the continuation and expansion of the Aquatic Quality Award (AQUA) biosecurity accreditation and certification scheme across England and into Wales. 
The AQUA scheme - as a biosecurity accreditation/certification scheme to reduce the impact and spread of Invasive Alien Species in freshwater aquatic, riparian and coastal environments – was originally a regional pilot in the South-West of England, run by the Partner, in conjunction with the Authority, Southwest Water, and the Southwest Lakes Trust. This was through the RAPID (Reducing and Preventing Invasive Alien Species Dispersal) LIFE Project. The continuation and expansion of the AQUA Scheme across England and into Wales and Scotland shall maintain and develop the benefits from the regional pilot and support the legacy of the RAPID LIFE Project.
This MoA shall commence on 01 April 2025 and (subject to earlier termination on the terms of this MoA) shall continue until 31 March 2027 which period may be extended by the written agreement of the Parties. The MoA was signed on 05 February 2026.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79132000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Bristol Zoological Society**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-173667`
  - Value: £20,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Aquatic Water Quality Award Scheme (active)
  - Signed Value: £20,000
  - Signed Date: 05/02/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010606-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-02-05T15:41:55.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T08:57:30.067Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06493c