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FDSIM of Ultrasonic River Flow Gauges 2025

Buyer: ENVIRONMENT AGENCY →

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BuyerENVIRONMENT AGENCY
StatusClosed
Deadline13 Oct 2025
Value£7,800,000
Published16 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Procurement Overview This procurement covers the feasibility, design, supply, installation, commissioning, and maintenance of ultrasonic transit time river flow gauges. These gauges are essential for flood warning systems and water resource management across major UK rivers. Contract Structure Procedure: Open Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023 Contract Type: Call-Off Contract under Mid-Tier Terms and Conditions Duration: 3 years fixed + 2 optional 12-month extensions (maximum 5 years) This procurement is for a Call-Off contract covering Two Lots: - Lot 1: Feasibility, design, supply, installation, and commissioning of new ultrasonic river flow gauges. - Lot 2: Maintenance and repair of both new and existing ultrasonic river flow gauges. The gauges are critical for flood warning systems and water resource management, especially at high-priority sites on major rivers such as the Thames, Severn, Trent, Mersey, and Ou

Categories

Environmental monitoring other than for construction 90711500

Lot details

Lot 1: Feasibility, Design, Supply, Installation, and Commissioning

Lot 1: Feasibility, design, supply, installation, and commissioning of new ultrasonic river flow gauges. The gauges are critical for flood warning systems and water resource management, especially at high-priority sites on major rivers such as the Thames, Severn, Trent, Mersey, and Ouse.

Statusactive
Value£5,600,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jan 2026 to 1 Jan 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical — Evaluation Criteria • Technical/Quality: 70% (70%)
Commercial (Price) — Evaluation Criteria • Commercial: (Price): 30% (30%)

Lot 2: Maintenance and Repair

Lot 2: Maintenance and repair of both new and existing ultrasonic river flow gauges. The gauges are critical for flood warning systems and water resource management, especially at high-priority sites on major rivers such as the Thames, Severn, Trent, Mersey, and Ouse.

Statusactive
Value£2,200,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jan 2026 to 1 Jan 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical — Evaluation Criteria • Technical/Quality: 70% (70%)
Commercial (Price) — Evaluation Criteria • Commercial: (Price): 30% (30%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Environmental monitoring other than for constructionNot published
2Environmental monitoring other than for constructionNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 90. The category anchor is Environmental monitoring other than for construction (90711500); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 902,1324 median · 24.1 average (527 of 2,132 with a bid count)3.1 average (564 of 2,132 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer19Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)22122 median · 22 average (1 of 221 with a bid count)6 average (1 of 221 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-059bd4
Latest release ID057141-2025
Latest release timestampTue Sep 16 2025 19:35:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057141-2025
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2025-10-13T14:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2025-10-06T14:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2025-11-17T23:59:59Z
Submission method detailsResponses must be submitted via the Atamis eSourcing portal. The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome Any questions, requests to participate or tender submissions must be submitted electronically via this portal.
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£7,800,000
Tender lots in source2
Tender items in source2
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
16 Sept 2025tender057141-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
16 Sept 2025 · 057141-2025 · tender
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