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Published 28 Jul 2025, 13:07 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Legacy telemetry system support contract

Official notice

Authority: Environment Agency (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment (32)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£400,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 28 Jul 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Schneider Electric ESS BV2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Environment Agency (EA) National Telemetry Service (NTS) currently operates 6 large telemetry systems and two smaller systems, provided by Ovarro and Schneider Electric. The Future of National Telemetry (FoNT) project is tasked to replace the existing systems via a contract with Schneider Electric (previously awarded and advertised at www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/4bf58820-9141… ↗) that consolidates the 8 EA regional versions into one nationally consistent, cloud-based service. The purpose of this contract (and associated public procurement notices) is to renew the support contract of the legacy telemetry system with Schneider Electric for an initial term of one year, with the option to extend by one further year. This will maintain service continuity whilst the FoNT project completes its deployment for the cloud-based national service.

Please note this is a retrospective notice. The Contract Start Date will be 1st April 2025, however data validation means we are unable to edit this field to reflect the correct Contract Start Date in Find a Tender Service (FTS).

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK
32441100 Telemetry surveillance system72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
28 Jul 2025, 13:07 BST
Last source update
19 Sept 2025, 11:29 BST
Authority reference
C29679
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-058050
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05670d Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
Published justification

As the authors of the software (which is deployed in a non-standard non-premise environment) Schneider Electric is the only supplier able to support and maintain the core software product.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

7 Aug 2025 → 19 Sept 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends
    7 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published
    19 Sept 2025, 11:29 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Jul 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    28 Jul 2025, 13:07 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    28 Jul 2025, 13:47 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    8 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    19 Sept 2025, 11:29 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £400,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Sept 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Schneider Electric ESS BV11 Aug 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 · up to 31 Mar 2027Extensions: One additional year extension.£400,000same award published again · counted once28 Jul 2025standstill to 7 Aug 2025Standstill
Schneider Electric ESS BV£400,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Legacy telemetry system support contract · Schneider Electric ESS BV

    Signed
    9 Sept 2025
    Value
    £400,000
    Period
    10 Sept 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 · up to 31 Mar 2027 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    1 yearly extension option

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

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

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Schneider ElectricAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PNWG-1669-LHYQ Stafford Park 5, Telford, West Midlands, TF3 3BLContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender