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ES RDE 088 - Bathing Water Hype model

Environment Agency

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04 Sep 2026 at 13:05

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Environment Agency procured consultancy and research services to update the national Hype model used for bathing waters. The model is intended to support feasibility assessments for potential new bathing-water designations. Its outputs must cover predicted faecal indicator organism quality, source apportionment for those organisms, and estimates of the realistic reductions in each source and the resulting water quality. The outputs will also inform the economic assessment of feasibility. This is an environmental modelling and analytical assignment for a UK public authority, with the work focused on bathing-water quality and designation decisions. The stated classification is research and development services and related consultancy services. The awarded supplier, JBA Consulting, is based in Broughton, Skipton, while the model is national in scope.

The procurement has been completed and the contract is active. It was run as a selective, below-threshold award under a framework, using the Environment Agency’s self-service direct-award route; the award was non-competitive. One lot was completed and awarded to Jeremy Benn Associates Limited, trading as JBA Consulting. The award is for services and the contract was signed on 7 August 2026. The contract period runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 March 2027. Its value is £114,975.48 excluding VAT, or £137,970.58 including VAT. The published outcome identifies JBA Consulting as the sole supplier. The procurement was below the applicable threshold, and the contract remains active for the stated delivery period.

This procurement shows demand for specialist environmental modelling that can turn bathing-water evidence into practical designation and investment decisions. A credible future competitor would need to analyse predicted faecal indicator organism quality, identify and apportion pollution sources, model realistic source-reduction scenarios, and explain the resulting changes in water quality. The work also requires outputs suitable for economic feasibility assessment, so suppliers would need to connect technical model results with costs, benefits and decision-making. Relevant capability lies in water-quality science, environmental data analysis, model development or updating, scenario modelling and consultancy for public-sector environmental programmes. Experience delivering nationally applicable analytical tools, communicating results for feasibility studies, and working on bathing-water or comparable pollution-assessment requirements would strengthen a supplier’s position when this type of requirement returns.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

ES RDE 088 - Bathing Water Hype model

Notice Description

Environment Agency Self-Service Direct Award. The work will be to produce an updated version of the national Hype model used for bathing waters. The model will be used primarily to enable us to meet our requirements to provide a feasibility assessment for potential new designations. To do this we need information on predicted FIO quality, the source apportionment of FIOs and estimations of what realistic reductions of these sources would achieve to the estimated quality. The model also should provide outputs that can be used to inform the economic assessment of feasibility.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f23a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083884-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - award under framework
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

CPV Codes

73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£114,975 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
4 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Sep 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Environment Agency
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1P 4DF
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
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Jeremy Benn Associates Limited

Further Information

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