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Published 21 Sept 2026, 14:06 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Impacts of Groundwater Abstraction on the Environment

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Environment Agency (Central government)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Published estimate £49,999≈ £11k / year · £59,999 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 30 Sept 202617:00 BST · 9d 0h left
Contract term 4 yrs 5 mostarts 21 Oct 2026
Bids per lot · this authority 4CPV 8053 · n=7 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a training course covering the environmental impacts of groundwater abstraction, structured modularly to accommodate a section on foundational concepts, accompanied by an advanced technical section including relevant case studies and problems. The training should provide delegates with both a broad understanding of groundwater abstraction and the knowledge required to assess abstraction-related risks within regulatory and environmental management contexts. This includes responding to Groundwater Investigation Consents (GICs), abstraction licence applications, planning consultations, environmental improvement programmes and issues relating to sustainable abstraction. It will be taught in the context of effective decision-making, enabling new starters and existing staff to critically evaluate GIC applications and apply their knowledge to other regulatory decision making.

CPV: Technical training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1 4 yrs 5 moSMEPublished value£49,999
Contract period: 21 Oct 2026 — 31 Mar 2031 (4 yrs 5 mo)Eligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: UKTurnover guideline: ~£22,489/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£49,999 exc. VAT · £59,999 inc. VAT
80531200 Technical training services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored

TBC

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Environment Agency buys Vocational training services (CPV 8053) — and who usually turns up

Environment Agency’s own published record, next to the Greater London market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Vocational training services (CPV 8053) →

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How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Environment Agency

contract notices in 36 months: 5 in CPV 8053 · 14 in division 80 · 98 in all categories (5 direct)

Bids per lot4CPV 8053 · 36m · n=7 lots
Single-bid lots0%CPV 8053 · 36m · n=7 lots
Award vs estimate7% belowdivision 80 · 36m · n=8 pairs
Deadline → award date43ddivision 80 · 36m · n=7 notices
Notice updates0all categories · 24m · n=199 notices
Awarded without competition0%CPV 8053 · 36m · n=5 notices
Bids per lot robust · n=7
  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 43%
  • 4–6 57%
  • 7+ 0%

Median 4 · 7 lots on 1 contested notices · CPV 8053.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=8
  • Below estimate 50%
  • Within ±2% 38%
  • Above estimate 13%

8 lot pairs · division 80.

The market · authority’s region

Greater London · Vocational training services (CPV 8053)

contract notices delivered in Greater London in 36 months: 16 in CPV 8053 (16 contested) · 311 in division 80 (289 contested) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used

Bids per lot3.5CPV 8053 · 36m · n=4 lots
Single-bid lots0%CPV 8053 · 36m · n=4 lots
Award vs estimateat estimateCPV 8053 · 36m · n=3 pairs
Deadline → award date53ddivision 80 · 36m · n=67 notices
SME bidders73%division 80 · 36m · n=99 lots
Winners based in the region100%CPV 8053 · 36m · n=4 awards
Bids per lot moderate · n=4
  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 50%
  • 4–6 50%
  • 7+ 0%

Median 3.5 · 4 lots on 4 contested notices · CPV 8053.

Winning award vs estimate moderate · n=3
  • Below estimate 33%
  • Within ±2% 67%
  • Above estimate 0%

3 lot pairs · CPV 8053.

robust · n=8 Awards in Environment Agency (division 80, n=8 pairs) land a median 7% below: on this notice’s £49,999 that is about £46,699. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.

Method and what to read with care
  • Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per lot, contested contract notices). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
  • Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
  • Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
21 Sept 2026, 14:06 BST
Last source update
21 Sept 2026, 14:06 BST
Authority reference
ENVWLB00485R
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Technical training services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077685 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
30 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
Clarification deadline
—
Electronic submission
Not allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
To apply for this opportunity you must submit your quotation meeting the requirements detailed in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) attached. Your response must be sent to Danny.hadfield@environment-agency.gov.uk by 17:00 on 30/09/2026 If you have any clarification questions linked to this opportunity or the procurement process please submit these via email to Danny.hadfield@environment-agency.gov.uk. Please note that, unless commercially sensitive, both the question and the response will be circulated to all tenderers.
Published estimate £49,999 excludes VAT (£59,999 including VAT).

Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    21 Sept 2026, 14:06 BST
  2. Submission deadlinein 9 days
    30 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
  3. Contract startsin 29 days
    21 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    21 Sept 2026, 14:06 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Environment Agency

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PNWW-1475-NYLN Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, London, SW1P 4DF

Official documents & specifications (6)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

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