Expired contract

EAN - AOMR - Lot 1 - BRE017- Cradge Bank Repairs 25-26

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): Breheny Civil Engineering Ltd
Value: £139,393
Duration: 7 months
Topic: Riverbank protection works
Published: 2 October 2025
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

Cradge bank form part of one of the embankments of the Ouse Washes Flood storage reservoir. It has identified that the wash face of the bank has eroded during winter and rutted the bank crest and tree/bushes on the bank. Also last winter an emergency repairs to a low spot downstream Earith carried out but some material on the repaired section has washed towards the Wash. The project is to repair erosion on the back of the bank, rutting on the crest, reprofile the low spot and tree work.

Timeline

Completed: Award date10 September 2025
Completed: Award published2 October 2025
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date31 March 2026

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

45246200 · Riverbank protection works

Decision makers

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