Contract for the Supply of Hydroacoustic River Flow Instrumentation
Details
- Buyer
- Environment Agency
- Value
- £0.4
- Topic
- Instrumentation and control equipment
- Published
- 15 April 2026
- Submission
- 11 May 2026
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
The Authority is seeking to establish a two-year call-off framework with an optional one year extension for the supply of hydroacoustic instrumentation, associated software, and supporting services to enable accurate measurement of river discharge. Accurate river-flow data is critical to the Authorities’ ability to manage water resources, understand changing river conditions, support flood forecasting, and respond effectively to incidents. The framework will cover the supply and, where required, installation support of: - Lot 1 - Mobile boat or tether‑mounted velocity profilers - Lot 2 - Handheld wading measurement systems - Lot 3 - Short‑range fixed‑deployment velocity instruments - Lot 4 - Long‑range fixed‑deployment velocity instruments
Timeline
- Completed: Tender published15 April 2026Current notice
- Completed: Submission date11 May 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
- 31682210 · Instrumentation and control equipment
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@environment-agency.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@environment-agency.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@environment-agency.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@environment-agency.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@environment-agency.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@environment-agency.gov |
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