Official UK procurement notice
Protections standards against ecological harm caused by storm overflows in TraC
Authority: ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (Public body)·On behalf of: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement will develop a set of intermittent water quality and design standards to protect Transitional and Coastal (TraC) Waters from the local adverse ecological impact caused by storm overflows. The project will also develop a method for assessing compliance with the proposed water quality standards, and for quantifying the scale of impacts for use within the Storm Overflows Assessment Framework (SOAF). See ITT for details.
CPV: Research services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£150,000
- Economic & financial standing
See tender documentation
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).
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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 (3)
- Technical: 60%
- Commercial: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical: Sub criterion
- Social Value: Sub criterion
- Commercial: Sub criterion
- Economic & financial standing
See tender documentation
- 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 7 Nov 2025, 15:02 GMT
- Last source update
- 7 Nov 2025, 15:02 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
C30832- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-072105- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05dcf6Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 31 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
7 Nov 2025 → 16 Feb 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published357 days ago7 Nov 2025, 15:02 GMT
- Clarification questions by322 days ago12 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline303 days ago31 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by272 days ago30 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts256 days ago16 Feb 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published7 Nov 2025, 15:02 GMTUK4
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 AFFAIRSProcess contact pointProcuring entityDefra group Commercial have been commissioned to run an open procedure and providing a successful tender is identified, DgC will award a contract.
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender