Official UK procurement notice
Reservoir Safety Engineer Appointments
Authority: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionReservoir engineers are appointed by Ministers to panels. Only the engineers who are members these panels can carry out certain statutory functions. Ministers are statutorily required to consult the Institution for Civil Engineers before making engineer appointments.
The Institution for Civil Engineers therefore assesses engineer applications, carries out interviews and makes recommendations to Defra on which engineers should and shouldn’t be appointed to the relevant panels. This is an ongoing process. Appointments last for 5 years and there are 3 rounds of appointments each year.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Oct 2026, 14:15 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Oct 2026, 12:29 BST
- Authority reference
C35836- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097434- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0787a8Find a Tender
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Oct 2026- Transparency notice published14 Oct 2026, 14:15 BSTUK5
- Contract details notice published15 Oct 2026, 12:29 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected20 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institution of Civil Engineers20 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2028 | £60,000 | — | Standstill |
| Institution of Civil Engineers | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Reservoir Safety Engineer Appointments · Institution of Civil Engineers
- Signed
- 15 Oct 2026
- Value
- £60,000
- Period
- 20 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2028
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Institution of Civil EngineersAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender