Awarded contract

Water Benefits Update – Phase 3.1: Shared and Contested Values Research - STA

Details

Buyer: Environment Agency
Supplier(s): Economic for the Environment Consultancy Ltd — EFTEC
Value: £99,815
Duration: 2 years
Topic: Research services
Published: 4 September 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Water Benefits Update – Phase 3.1: Shared and Contested Values Research - STA Services: The objective of this contract is to explore how deliberative processes can shape shared and contested values for the freshwater environment, and how these values differ from the individual willingness-to-pay (WTP) estimates. This research will inform the broader valuation framework under Phase 3 (Water Benefit Update) and support more inclusive, equitable, and context-sensitive decision-making at the catchment scale. ## Contract award Title: Water Benefits Update – Phase 3.1: Shared and Contested Values Research - STA

Timeline

Completed: Award published4 September 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date4 September 2025
Next: Contract expiry date28 February 2027in 5 months

About the buyer

The Environment Agency is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by Defra, and buys as a central agency for flood risk, water quality and pollution control. Contracts are advertised on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, with major purchases run through Atamis, the Defra group's shared eCommercial portal. Flood and coastal risk schemes are delivered mainly through the Collaborative Delivery Framework, alongside frameworks for mapping, modelling and property flood resilience. These frameworks run through a central contract management system. Commercial oversight sits with Defra Group Commercial, alongside the Environment Agency's own project teams.

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

Over the past 5 years, most of the Environment Agency's contract awards have been in construction work, architectural and engineering services and research and development.

Relevant CPV codes

73110000 · Research services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@environment-agency.gov
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Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@environment-agency.gov
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