Expired contract

Staples Road MIOS Design & Thames Capital Reconditioning Civils Package

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): Jacobs U.K. Limited
Value: £131,487.54
Duration: 10 months
Topic: Design consultancy services
Published: 18 December 2025
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

Staples Road is a Large Raised Reservoir as defined by the Reservoirs Act 1975. As such there are 10-yearly inspections (S10) to ensure its continued compliance with the legislation. Measures in the Interest Of Safety (MIOS) works are required to maintain the reservoir.

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 December 2025
Completed: Award published18 December 2025
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date26 September 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

79415200 · Design consultancy services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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