Expired contract

Contract Award Notice -MEICA BiS Atkins

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): Faithful and Gould Ltd
Value: £44,000
Duration: 1 year
Topic: Civil engineering consultancy services
Published: 23 July 2026
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

a Area MEICA team (Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control and Automation) provide assurance to the area Deputy Directors within the Southeast hub across a variety of engineering disciplines. The service comprises the provision of a professionally registered (I-Eng minimum) Mech/Elec disciplined engineer at minimum to operate as a MEICA Advisor within the South East & West team supporting Mech/Elec Automation capital project documentation creation/review and support such as URS - User Requirement Specifications FDS- Functional Design Specification ARA- Automation Risk Assessment FAT/SAT - Factory or Sire Acceptance Testing, as described in the Scope

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 September 2025
Completed: Award published23 July 2026
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date1 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. 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.

Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.

Decision makers

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