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Published 10 Feb 2026, 10:13 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Riverfly Monitoring Initiative Citizen Science Project 26/29

Official notice

Authority: ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (Public body)·On behalf of: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Direct awardSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£206,200published contract · inc. VAT
Awarded 27 Mar 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Freshwater Biological Association2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Collaborative Agreement between EA and the Freshwater Biological Association (FBA).

This is a 3-year project which aims to continue the work of the Riverfly Monitoring Initiative (RMI), citizen science network under the Riverfly Partnership, which collects invertebrate data and evidence of environmental impacts from rivers and catchments across England to complement EA’s own monitoring and assessment work.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedSMEVCSE
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
90720000 Environmental protection

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
10 Feb 2026, 10:13 GMT
Last source update
30 Apr 2026, 12:40 BST
Authority reference
C33663
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-039858
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064bf6 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

Direct Award in accordance with the Procurement Act (2023), Part 3, Chapter 3 and Schedule 5, Paragraph 5 which states:

The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract:

(a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and

(b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

9 Apr 2026 → 30 Apr 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends201 days ago
    9 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published181 days ago
    30 Apr 2026, 12:40 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Feb 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    10 Feb 2026, 10:13 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    27 Mar 2026, 12:22 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    9 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    30 Apr 2026, 12:40 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £206,2001 contract inc. VAT; no net value published · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Apr 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Freshwater Biological Association9 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029£206,200 inc. VATsame award published again · counted once27 Mar 2026standstill to 9 Apr 2026Standstill
Freshwater Biological Association£206,200 inc. VAT †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 2 · Freshwater Biological Association

    Signed
    29 Apr 2026
    Value
    £206,200 inc. VAT
    Period
    29 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029
    Status
    active

    No agreed KPIs: Given the collaborative nature of the agreement and its focus on jointly delivered outcomes, performance will be managed through contract management, regular governance and monitoring of agreed outputs over the term of the agreement. Deliverables are clearly defined and measurable through outputs

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

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

Other public bodies

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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