Official UK procurement notice
Collaborative Agreement relating to Buffer Strips and Burr Reeds (Engagement)
Authority: ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (Public body)·On behalf of: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£107,500published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 3 Aug 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
What is being bought
Published requirement description- The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust (YWT) will recruit a dedicated Farm Engagement Officer who will engage as many farmers as possible in the catchment, to build relationships with them, and will help them to collaborate with each other through establishment of a farmer cluster that can be sustained beyond the end of this project.
- YWT will develop existing farmer relationships to create examples of good practice that deliver environmental benefits and improve farm business security. The examples will create the basis for peer-to-peer learning.
- YWT will develop a delivery plan for physical interventions on participating farms where these can deliver WFD benefits and deliver these in partnership with farmers, using funding from the Agency and where possible by sourcing external match funding.
- The Agency will deliver complimentary physical interventions on Beverley and Barmston Drain to improve depth and flow – including de-silting and vegetation removal.
- The project will deliver a catchment with more sustainable land management, better able to cope with extreme weather events and reduce the negative effects of flood and drought on farm businesses and the environment. The improved habitats and water quality will help to deliver an improvement in the Water Framework Directive (WFD) status of Beverley and Barmston Drain.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Aug 2026, 11:30 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Aug 2026, 11:30 BST
- Authority reference
C34788- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-076135- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e115Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published11 Aug 2026, 11:30 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £107,5001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 3 Aug 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire Wildlife Trust | £107,500 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Collaborative Agreement relating to Buffer Strips and Burr Reeds (Engagement) · Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
- Signed
- 3 Aug 2026
- Value
- £107,500
- Period
- 3 Aug 2026 – 19 May 2028 · up to 18 May 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- up to an additional 12 months
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRSProcuring entityDefra Group Commercial will manage this procurement on behalf of the Environment Agency
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Yorkshire Wildlife TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender