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Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build)

Department for Education

This public procurement record has 8 releases in its history.

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23 Oct 2026 at 15:57

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30 Jul 2026 at 17:00

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23 Jul 2026 at 16:25

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24 Mar 2026 at 11:38

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23 Jan 2026 at 15:40

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23 Jan 2026 at 11:22

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
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15 Jan 2026 at 11:19

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Planning

21 May 2025 at 12:25

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Education commissioned design-and-build property flood resilience works for schools in high-risk flood areas or with repeated flood disruption, as part of its Schools Water Strategy. The work combines “grey” engineered measures, such as floodgates, with green, nature-based solutions including sustainable drainage. It covers assessing and designing options, construction and installation, project management and handover at schools selected by the Department. The five regional areas are the North West; North East; West Midlands and South outside London; London; and East Midlands and East of England. Each region has the same scope, with the programme intended to expand flood resilience across the school estate and reduce disruption from flooding.

The procurement has been awarded and all five regional contracts have been signed. Ground Control Limited won the North West and East Midlands/East of England contracts; Flood Control (NI) won the North East, West Midlands/South outside London, and London contracts. Each contract is valued at £11.4 million excluding VAT, with a term from 20 October 2026 to 31 August 2029 and two optional one-year extensions, potentially to 31 August 2031. The awards were dated 23 July 2026 and contracts signed on 20 October 2026. The original open procedure allowed bids for all five regions, capped awards at three per supplier, and used a price-per-quality-point evaluation. Quality and price covered delivery experience, resourcing, design, construction, handover, stakeholder engagement, innovation, supply-chain and social value commitments.

This award shows recurring demand from the Department for Education for coordinated, regional delivery of school flood resilience, combining design and optioneering with construction, installation and handover. A credible competitor would need demonstrable capability to design and install both engineered flood measures and nature-based sustainable drainage, alongside the project-management capacity to deliver multiple school projects and manage regional resources and supply chains. The programme targeted at least 10 completed schools per region each year, while allowing for additional projects to account for slippage. The winning offer was assessed on relevant flood-resilience and nature-based drainage experience, delivery teams, design and site execution, stakeholder engagement, innovation, modern-slavery risk management, skills and environmental social value, as well as price. Small and medium-sized suppliers were considered suitable, including through bidding groups or supply-chain roles.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Schools Property Flood Resilience: Regional Providers (Design and Build)

Notice Description

The Schools Water Strategy is an "invest to save" strategy aimed at reducing the risk of flooding in schools. This procurement is to enable the expansion of the current Property Flood Resilience (PFR) installations across the school estate, specifically targeting members of the Risk Protection Arrangement (RPA) for schools in high-risk flood areas and schools that have suffered repeated flooding disruption. This procurement has appointed two suppliers across 5 regions to design and build property flood resilience solutions across both grey and green (nature-based) categories. The maximum contract value including optional extensions across all Lots is PS100 million (excluding VAT). The initial 3 year contract term is valued at PS57 million across all Lots, equating to roughly PS11.4 million per Lot. The DfE has awarded 5 regional contracts that will deliver PFR measures in specific schools (selected by the DfE based upon flood risk) in each region. The procurement was structured into five regional Lots to ensure equal coverage across England. Each Lot is split into regions as follow: * Lot 1: North West * Lot 2: North East * Lot 3: West Midlands and South (excluding London) * Lot 4: London * Lot 5: East Midlands and East of England Each Lot will have a target to complete a minimum of 10 schools per year over the contract period; however, suppliers would be expected to work on more than 10 projects a year to achieve the targets, accounting for potential slippage. Each Lot is equal in the scope of works. Bidders were able to apply for all five Lots but would only be awarded a maximum of three Lots. The procurement followed an Open Competitive Procedure, and the evaluation used a price-per-quality-point methodology.

Lot Information

North West

Renewal: 1year + 1year after the initial contract period

North East

Renewal: 1year + 1year after the initial contract period

West Midlands and South (excluding London)

Renewal: 1year + 1year after the initial contract period

London

Renewal: 1year + 1year after the initial contract period

East Midlands and East of England

Renewal: 1year + 1year after the initial contract period

Planning Information

If you are interested in attending this market engagement event, please register your interest via Jaggaer by 15:00 on 30th January 2026. Please register for Jaggaer using the URL link below: https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html Once registered, the supplier event area can be accessed by clicking “View Opportunities” on the main page. Confidentiality Notice and Acknowledgement Protocol By registering for this market engagement event, you acknowledge that the information shared through this market engagement is provided in confidence and must not be disclosed outside your organisation. Please ensure all attendees from your organisation are aware of and comply with this requirement. Following registration, you will receive a message via the Jaggaer portal asking you to confirm this acknowledgement. You must respond in confirmation to this message before an event invite will be issued. Participants who have registered an expression of interest will receive a link to join the session via Microsoft Teams. If you do not receive the invite at least 24hrs before the event, please also email SWS.COMMERCIAL@education.gov.uk to ensure you receive joining instructions in time. The event will help attendees to: • Gain a better understanding of deliverables and assurance requirements • Gain a better understanding of Cabinet Office requirements around Modern Slavery and the planned Social Value criteria • Gain a better understanding of fee mechanisms and expectations around delivery timelines • Feed back around the feasibility of the requirements • Discuss constraints and pressures that may impact supply chain capacity or capability to deliver the PFR requirements We would like to invite organisations who have experience in delivering PFR within schools including grey, green and blue solutions to mitigate all types of flood risk, as well as those with experience in: • Design and Optioneering of flood resilience solutions • Construction and Installation of Property Flood Resilience Measures • Project Management of construction projects We are aiming to develop the PFR market and are actively encouraging engagement from SME organisations either directly or through subcontracting arrangements as part of the procurement process. The final scope of the DfE’s requirements have not yet been confirmed. If any procurement activity does arise, the requirements will be refined pending the results of market research. If you have any questions about suitability for the event, please contact SWS.COMMERCIAL@education.gov.uk This PIN is for information only and is not a call for competition. This PIN is intended to inform the market of a potential procurement exercise to appoint suppliers to work with the Department on providing the outlined service. The Department reserves the right not to enter a formal procurement process and not proceed with contract award. Accordingly, the Department will not be liable for any bid cost, expenditure, work, or effort incurred by any organisation in acting on the basis of this Prior Information Notice. All information included in this notice is indicative and subject to change and is neither exhaustive nor binding. The authority reserves the right at its absolute discretion to amend it at the time of issue of any further notices or at any other time.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-051a74
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100690-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

45 - Construction work

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

CPV Codes

44212382 - Floodgates

45214200 - Construction work for school buildings

45240000 - Construction work for water projects

45246400 - Flood-prevention works

71242000 - Project and design preparation, estimation of costs

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£100,000,000 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
£100,000,000 £100M-£1B
Awards Value
£20,000,000 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
£11,400,000 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 Oct 20264 days ago
Submission Deadline
5 May 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
27 Feb 2026Expired
Award Date
23 Jul 20263 months ago
Contract Period
20 Oct 2026 - 31 Aug 2029 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Department for Education
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1P 3BT
Postcode Area
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

Ground Control Limited

Flood Control NI Ltd

Further Information

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