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# FDSIM of Ultrasonic River Flow Gauges 2025

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fdsim-of-ultrasonic-river-flow-gauges-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-05013b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS: "FDSIM of Ultrasonic River Flow Gauges 2025". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £8,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 31 Jul 2025, 14:00 BST. Published submission portal: defra-family.force.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-gov-d7)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £8,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 31 July 2025 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** River regulation and flood control works, Support services for land, water and air transport
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fdsim-of-ultrasonic-river-flow-gauges-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-05013b#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05013b`

## 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/fdsim-of-ultrasonic-river-flow-gauges-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-05013b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [defra-family.force.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdefra-family.force.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fdsim-of-ultrasonic-river-flow-gauges-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-05013b#participate

## Description
Feasibility, Design, Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Ultrasonic River Flow Gauges 2025 This framework contract is for the design, supply, installation, and maintenance of Ultrasonic River Flow Gauges. The Environment Agency operates more than 200 ultrasonic river flow monitoring gauges which represents ~20% of the EAs flow gauge network. The gauges are used for continuous measurement of river flows for flood forecasting & warning and other FCRM outcomes, along with water resource management such as enforcing water abstraction licenses. Many of these gauges are at critical sites that control major rivers such as the Thames, Severn, Trent, Mersey and Ouse. MyBuy Ref: DEM0011038 SPOL Ref: https://defra.sharepoint.com/sites/ea-leg-cisc/EGnS/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?isAscending=true&id=%2Fsites%2Fea%2Dleg%2Dcisc%2FEGnS%2FShared%20Documents%2FEvidence%2FProcurement%20%2D%20Work%20Allocation%2FAtamis%20projects%20%28LAWW%29%2FP%2D36842%20%2D%20DEM0011038%20%2D%20Feasibility%2C%20Design%2C%20Supply%2C%20Installation%20and%20Maintenance%20of%20Ultrasonic%20River%20Flow%20Gauges%202025&sortField=Modified&viewid=128782c5%2D4a0f%2D4c45%2Db59c%2Dcb65b95b7d1c

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 45246000, 63700000

- **Estimated Value:** £8,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2025 to 01/10/2030

- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016038-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-04-17T15:19:01.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T13:06:55.891Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05013b