Awarded contract

Flood Hydrology Improvement Programme (FHIP), Project D5.2

Details

Buyer: Environment Agency
Supplier(s): UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
Value: £130,474.44
Duration: 1 year
Topic: Flood-prevention works
Published: 26 January 2026
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

The requirement for this project phase is to deliver a proof of concept that explores how uncertainty in river level, river flow, and rain gauge data can be quantified and communicated prior to its use in hydrological models. The long-term ambition is to develop methods applicable across the full hydrological range, however this phase anticipates focusing on high flows and rainfall only, aligning with FHIP funding availability and its flood-related objectives.

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 December 2025
Completed: Award published26 January 2026
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date1 December 2026in 2 months

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

45246400 · Flood-prevention works

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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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