'Water Regulation - Adopting a supervisory approach to the Price Review'

Official notice

Authority: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Central government)

Direct awardSME suitable

Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£198,156published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 11 Jun 2026no call for competition

Awarded to Frontier Economics2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Defra requires expert economic and regulatory advice to design the supervisory approach as it applies to economic regulation, ensuring it integrates effectively with existing frameworks and supports robust regulatory decision-making.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1AwardedSME

Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible

71621000 Technical analysis or consultancy services

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: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 10 Jun 2026, 13:39 BST
Last source update: 9 Jul 2026, 15:33 BST
Authority reference: C34404
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-064832
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06b1d7 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification: Technical expertise to cover all specific aspects of the requirement.

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

23 Jun 2026 → 9 Jul 2026 · 2 dates

Standstill ends127 days ago
23 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice published112 days ago
9 Jul 2026, 15:33 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Jun 2026

Transparency notice published
10 Jun 2026, 13:39 BST
UK5
Contract award notice published
11 Jun 2026, 11:56 BST
UK6
Contract signature expected
24 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
scheduled
Contract details notice published
9 Jul 2026, 15:33 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £198,1561 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Contracts signed 1latest 26 Jun 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Frontier Economics24 Jun 2026 – 8 Oct 2026	£198,156same award published again · counted once	11 Jun 2026standstill to 23 Jun 2026	Standstill
Frontier Economics	£198,156 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Water Regulation - Adopting a supervisory approach to the Price Review' · Frontier Economics
Signed
26 Jun 2026
Value
£198,156
Period
26 Jun 2026 – 8 Oct 2026
Status
active
No agreed KPIs: No specific KPIs are included within the contract as it is an outcome-based deliverable. Success will be measured through the achievement of the agreed outcomes and deliverables.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PNBD-3289-CDGX Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, London, SW1P 4DFContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Frontier Economics LtdAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PPVM-5798-BHTT 71 High Holborn, London, London, WC1V 6DAContact email

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 Tender9 Jul 2026, 15:33 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender11 Jun 2026, 11:56 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender10 Jun 2026, 13:39 BST