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Published 21 Sept 2026, 15:09 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Strategic Flood Risk Assessments Level 1 and 2

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: East Suffolk Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45)Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: East of England (UKH14)
Budget not disclosed £0£0 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 19 Oct 202612:00 BST · 27d 18h left
Clarification cut-off 2 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 1 yrup to 1 yr 3 mo with extensions · starts 13 Nov 2026
Bids per lot · this authority 4.5division 45 · n=16 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

East Suffolk Council, West Suffolk Council, Babergh District Council, Mid Suffolk District Council and Ipswich Borough Council are seeking to commission a combined Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA). This combined SFRA will cover all of Suffolk.

The purpose of the Strategic Flood Risk Assessment is to inform the preparation of new Local Plans. All of the above Councils are each commencing a review of their local plans and will be working to similar timetables. The spatial strategy in each Local Plan should be informed by robust and up to date evidence about flood risk. In particular, the flood risk evidence should inform the location of new development allocations, taking into account the need for significantly increased housing provision. It will also inform decision making about planning applications, particularly larger ones.

CPV: Environmental engineering consultancy services · Flood-prevention works · River regulation and flood control works

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1Renewal 1 yrPublished valueAED 0
Contract period: 13 Nov 2026 — 29 Oct 2027 (1 yr) · up to 1 yr 3 mo with extensionsDelivery: East of England
Value
AED 0 exc. VAT · AED 0 inc. VAT
Extensions
3 month available to complete Level 2 if required
45246000 River regulation and flood control works45246400 Flood-prevention works71313000 Environmental engineering consultancy services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored

35% Price 65% Quality

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How East Suffolk Council buys Construction work for water projects (CPV 4524) — and who usually turns up

East Suffolk Council’s own published record, next to the East of England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Construction work for water projects (CPV 4524) →

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How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

East Suffolk Council

contract notices in 36 months: 30 in division 45 (6 direct) · 86 in all categories (13 direct)

Bids per lot4.5division 45 · 36m · n=16 lots
Single-bid lots13%division 45 · 36m · n=16 lots
Award vs estimate14% belowdivision 45 · 36m · n=6 pairs
Deadline → award date28ddivision 45 · 36m · n=13 notices
Notice updates0all categories · 24m · n=103 notices
Awarded without competition20%division 45 · 36m · n=30 notices
Bids per lot robust · n=16
  • 1 bid 13%
  • 2–3 19%
  • 4–6 63%
  • 7+ 6%

Median 4.5 · 16 lots on 13 contested notices · division 45.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=6
  • Below estimate 67%
  • Within ±2% 33%
  • Above estimate 0%

6 lot pairs · division 45.

The market · delivery region

East of England · Construction work for water projects (CPV 4524)

contract notices delivered in East of England in 36 months: 34 in CPV 4524 (33 contested) · 1,398 in division 45 (1,299 contested)

Bids per lot4CPV 4524 · 36m · n=10 lots
Single-bid lots10%CPV 4524 · 36m · n=10 lots
Award vs estimateat estimateCPV 4524 · 36m · n=8 pairs
Deadline → award date24dCPV 4524 · 36m · n=9 notices
SME bidders85%CPV 4524 · 36m · n=10 lots
Winners based in the region71%CPV 4524 · 36m · n=21 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=10
  • 1 bid 10%
  • 2–3 40%
  • 4–6 20%
  • 7+ 30%

Median 4 · 10 lots on 10 contested notices · CPV 4524.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=8
  • Below estimate 38%
  • Within ±2% 63%
  • Above estimate 0%

8 lot pairs · CPV 4524.

robust · n=6 Awards in East Suffolk Council (division 45, n=6 pairs) land a median 14% below; this notice publishes no GBP estimate to apply it to.

Method and what to read with care
  • Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per lot, contested contract notices). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
  • Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
  • Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

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
Open for tender
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
21 Sept 2026, 15:09 BST
Last source update
21 Sept 2026, 15:09 BST
Authority reference
2881-TEN-O
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Environmental engineering consultancy servicesFlood-prevention worksRiver regulation and flood control works
Delivery area
East of England (UKH14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0776b1 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via In-tend
Submission portal named on this notice: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
supplier.in-tend.co.uk/eastsuffolk/home ↗
Published estimate £0 excludes VAT (£0 including VAT).

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    21 Sept 2026, 15:09 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 11 days
    2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadlinein 28 days
    19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract startsin 52 days
    13 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    21 Sept 2026, 15:09 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Suffolk Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PLPP-1174-BHLX East Suffolk House, Station Road, Melton, Woodbridge, East of England, IP12 1RT [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender