Expired contract

Contract Award Notice - THMS - AOMR-Thames Locks Hydraulics and Controls Upgrades (Phase 1)

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): Fairfield Control Systems Ltd
Value: £407,150.28
Duration: 7 months
Topic: Engineering design services
Published: 28 January 2025
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

Contract for award of Phase 1 to undertaken surveys and complete detailed design - Work to upgrade/replace the existing hydraulics and control system at each of the lock sites so as to ensure its continued reliable functionality and allow continued inspections and preventative maintenance to keep each site fully operational for the foreseeable future. Phase 2 via Compensation Event.

Timeline

Completed: Award date16 January 2025
Completed: Award published28 January 2025
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date1 September 2025

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

71320000 · Engineering design services

Decision makers

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