Official UK procurement notice
Strategic Flood and Water Cycle Assessment
Authority: Lichfield District Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLichfield District Council and East Staffordshire Borough Council both require updates to their Strategic Flood Risk Assessments (SFAs) and Water Cycle Studies to support the evidence base for their Local Plan preparation
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£25,000
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)
- Quality and Social Value: 55%
- Price: 45%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality and Social Value
- Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 55 of 100: the paper moves it further than 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
- 23 Apr 2025, 12:09 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Dec 2025, 15:35 GMT
- Authority reference
LDC-487- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016481- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05063eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 May 2025, 17:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
In order to provide unrestricted, full, direct and free of charge access to the Tender Documents the Authority is providing the Documents in PDF format in the Opportunities Area of the ProContract e-Tendering portal at www.procontract.due-north.com ↗
In order to access amendable versions of the Documents and to submit a response Applicants must be registered as Suppliers on ProContract. Applicants should then express an interest in the opportunity and download the Word and Excel format Documents for completion and submission.
Timeline
23 Apr 2025 → 11 Dec 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published23 Apr 2025, 12:09 BST
- Submission deadline16 May 2025, 17:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Jul 2025
- Latest notice published320 days ago11 Dec 2025, 15:35 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Apr 2025- Tender notice published23 Apr 2025, 12:09 BSTUK4
- Contract details notice published11 Dec 2025, 15:35 GMTUK7
- Status changed to complete11 Dec 2025, 15:35 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| FPS Environmental LimitedSME | £53,400 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
LDC-487 Strategic Flood and Water Cycle Assessment · FPS Environmental LimitedSME
- Signed
- 25 Nov 2025
- Value
- £53,400
- Period
- 26 Nov 2025 – 1 May 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- East Staffordshire Borough CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- FPS Environmental LimitedAwarded 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
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender