Official UK procurement notice
Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build)
Authority: Department for Education (Central government)
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Schools Water Strategy is an “invest to save” strategy aimed at reducing the risk of flooding in schools. This planned procurement is to enable the expansion of the current Property Flood Resilience (PFR) installations across the school estate, specifically targeting members of the Risk Protection Arrangement (RPA) for schools in high-risk flood areas and schools that have suffered repeated flooding disruption.
These works are anticipated to include design and build of grey, green (nature- based) and blue property flood resilience solutions.
The DfE is looking to award 5 regional contracts that will deliver PFR measures in specific schools (selected by the DfE based upon flood risk) in each region.
The procurement will be structured into five regional Lots to ensure equal coverage across England. Each Lot will be split into regions as follow:
- Lot 1: North West
- Lot 2: North East
- Lot 3: West Midlands and South (excluding London)
- Lot 4: London
- Lot 5: East Midlands and East of England
Each Lot will have a target to complete a minimum of 10 schools per year over the contract period; however, suppliers would be expected to work on more than 10 projects a year to achieve the targets, accounting for potential slippage.
Bidders will be able to apply for all five Lots but will only be awarded a maximum of three Lots. The planned procurement will follow an Open Competitive Procedure, and the evaluation will use a price-per-quality-point methodology.
The planned procurement will include social value as part of the evaluation criteria weighted at 10% and may cover MAC2a: Skills for Growth, focusing on skills development in property flood resilience, and MAC4b: Influence staff, suppliers, customers and communities through the delivery of the contract to support climate and nature protection and improvement.
CPV: Construction work for school buildings · Construction work for water projects · Flood-prevention works · Floodgates · Miscellaneous building structures · Project and design preparation, estimation of costs · Technical services
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1England - North WestPlannedRenewal
These works are anticipated to include design and build of grey, green (nature- based) and blue property flood resilience solutions in the North West region
Lot #2England - North EastPlannedRenewal
These works are anticipated to include design and build of grey, green (nature- based) and blue property flood resilience solutions in the North East region.
Lot #3England - West Midlands and South (excluding London)PlannedRenewal
These works are anticipated to include design and build of grey, green (nature- based) and blue property flood resilience solutions in the West Midlands and South (excluding London) region
Lot #4England - LondonPlannedRenewal
These works are anticipated to include design and build of grey, green (nature- based) and blue property flood resilience solutions in the London region
Lot #5England - East Midlands and East of EnglandPlannedRenewal
These works are anticipated to include design and build of grey, green (nature- based) and blue property flood resilience solutions in the East Midlands and East of England region
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Department for Education buys Construction work for water projects (CPV 4524), and who usually turns up
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Lot #1England - North WestCPV 45246400Estimate not published
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Flood Control NI LtdEarlier contract | Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build)started Aug 2026 | Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build) - Lot 2 (North East) | £20m | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Ground Control LimitedEarlier contract | Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build)started Aug 2026 | Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build) - Lot 1 (North West) | £20m | Matched as the earlier contract |
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Lot #2England - North EastCPV 45246400Estimate not published
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Flood Control NI LtdEarlier contract | Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build)started Aug 2026 | Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build) - Lot 2 (North East) | £20m | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Ground Control LimitedEarlier contract | Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build)started Aug 2026 | Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build) - Lot 1 (North West) | £20m | Matched as the earlier contract |
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Lot #3England - West Midlands and South (excluding London)CPV 45246400Estimate not published
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Flood Control NI LtdEarlier contract | Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build)started Aug 2026 | Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build) - Lot 2 (North East) | £20m | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Ground Control LimitedEarlier contract | Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build)started Aug 2026 | Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build) - Lot 1 (North West) | £20m | Matched as the earlier contract |
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Lot #4England - LondonCPV 45246400Estimate not published
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Flood Control NI LtdEarlier contract | Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build)started Aug 2026 | Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build) - Lot 2 (North East) | £20m | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Ground Control LimitedEarlier contract | Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build)started Aug 2026 | Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build) - Lot 1 (North West) | £20m | Matched as the earlier contract |
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
Lot #5England - East Midlands and East of EnglandCPV 45246400Estimate not published
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 35 past lots.
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1 bid17%
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7+20%
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Flood Control NI LtdEarlier contract | Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build)started Aug 2026 | Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build) - Lot 2 (North East) | £20m | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Ground Control LimitedEarlier contract | Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build)started Aug 2026 | Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build) - Lot 1 (North West) | £20m | Matched as the earlier contract |
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
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Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build) — held by Ground Control Limited and Flood Control NI Ltd (+1 more); no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- 19 Dec 2025, 15:37 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Dec 2025, 15:37 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 3 Jul 2026
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-085043- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05fab4Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 18 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 4 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
19 Dec 2025 → 1 Sept 2026 · 6 dates- Planning notice published306 days ago19 Dec 2025, 15:37 GMT
- Tender notice expected259 days ago4 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification questions by231 days ago4 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadline217 days ago18 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected by110 days ago3 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts51 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Planned procurement notice published19 Dec 2025, 15:37 GMTUK3
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender