Awarded contract

NAT - MEICA Maintenance Framework and EICR

Details

Value
£87,421,858
Duration
4 years
Topic
Instrumentation and control equipment
Published
8 November 2023

Tender description

The Environment Agency require MEICA services (Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation Control and Automation) to support the operation, repair and maintenance of a variety of flood defence assets such as lock gates, pumping stations, river level maintenance weirs, and flow and level measurement systems. This procurement exercise has six lots and is to deliver planned and reactive maintenance, and minor project work. Each Lot will have it's own Framework Agreement and will be delivered by a single provider with a reserve Supplier in place. The initial term will be for three years with an optional one year extension based on performance. This framework will be available for use by the Environment Agency and no other authorities. This Notice is to alert the market of the award of the procurement activity.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date25 October 2023
  2. Completed: Award published8 November 2023
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date24 October 2027in 13 months

About the buyer

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a ministerial department that also buys through agencies such as the Environment Agency, the Rural Payments Agency and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. Suppliers register on the DEFRA eCommercial website, Atamis, to compete for contract opportunities across the department. Larger opportunities are advertised through the Find a Tender service under the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. DEFRA also procures goods and services through the Crown Commercial Service. Existing contracts and frameworks set up under the previous procurement regulations remain valid until they expire.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 31682210 · Instrumentation and control equipment
  • 42122000 · Pumps
  • 45000000 · Construction work
  • 45315100 · Electrical engineering installation works
  • 45351000 · Mechanical engineering installation works
  • 50511000 · Repair and maintenance services of pumps
  • 71333000 · Mechanical engineering services
  • 71334000 · Mechanical and electrical engineering services

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