Expired contract

Establishing Background Soils Concentrations

Details

Value
£74,789
Duration
5 months
Topic
Geological and geophysical consultancy services
Published
23 September 2025

Tender description

This project aims to establish the foundation for a rolling, multi-year investigation, ultimately delivering a representative picture of PFAS baseline concentrations across England for various land domains- for example, rural, agricultural, and urban. To develop a standardised methodology for performing region specific sample studies of PFAS background concentrations in England.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published23 September 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date26 September 2025
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date2 March 2026

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

  • 71351200 · Geological and geophysical consultancy services

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