Official UK procurement notice
PFAS Developing Targets & Quality Standards
Authority: ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (Public body)·On behalf of: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis project, to be completed by February 2026, will review the readily available hazard data for several specific PFAS, required to derive thresholds for human health via consumption of fish and for the protection of aquatic life. Where sufficient relevant and reliable data is available for each of the individual PFAS considered, this will be used to derive interim thresholds for these specific PFAS using the approach outlined in the EQS (Environmental Quality Standards) guidance (EC, 2018 - Guidance No 27 - Deriving Environmental Quality Standards - version 2018.pdf). In the absence of an EQS for these substances, these interim thresholds will be used by the Environment Agency (EA) to contextualise the concentrations of these substances detected from surface water monitoring and present in discharges to water environment to help understand the potential risk associated with the concentrations detected.
CPV: Research services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£50,000
- Condition of participation
Please see Bidder Pack.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 70%
- Commercial: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: E01: Approach and Methodology – 35% E02: Proposed staff & expertise – 35% E03: Project Management – 20% E04: Sustainability – 10%
- Commercial: Total Project Cost
- Condition of participation
Please see Bidder Pack.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Awarded
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Jul 2025, 15:49 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Oct 2025, 09:32 BST
- Authority reference
C30566- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-049948- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056756Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 11 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
28 Jul 2025 → 14 Oct 2025 · 8 dates- Planning notice published28 Jul 2025, 15:49 BST
- Market engagement6 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
To enable written early market engagement on PFAS Developing Targets & Quality Standards. For further information, please contact [email protected] for the specification and market engagement questionnaire.
- Next notice expected8 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published19 Aug 2025, 16:38 BST
- Clarification questions by11 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline11 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts390 days ago29 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published375 days ago14 Oct 2025, 09:32 BST
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Jul 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published28 Jul 2025, 15:49 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published19 Aug 2025, 16:38 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active19 Aug 2025, 16:38 BST
- Procurement method changed19 Aug 2025, 16:38 BST
- Deadline published: 11 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST19 Aug 2025, 16:38 BST
- Contract details notice published14 Oct 2025, 09:32 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete14 Oct 2025, 09:32 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobs UK Ltd | £49,939 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
PFAS Developing Targets & Quality Standards · Jacobs UK Ltd
- Signed
- 13 Oct 2025
- Value
- £49,939
- Period
- 14 Oct 2025 – 28 Feb 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRSBeneficiary authority
- DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRSProcuring entityDefra Group Commercial led the procurement.
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Jacobs UK LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender