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title: "Water Quality Statistics (Part 2 / Practitioner) Training"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06733d"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "ENVIRONMENT AGENCY"
published: "2026-03-24"
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# Water Quality Statistics (Part 2 / Practitioner) Training

Buyer: ENVIRONMENT AGENCY  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06733d

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## Summary

The Environment Agency is in the planning stages of procuring a contract for "Water Quality Statistics (Part 2 / Practitioner) Training," with a focus on specialist training services within the education and training services category. The training is intended for staff involved in environment planning, permitting, analysis, and reporting at the Environment Agency, based in London, UK. A preliminary engagement notice has been published with a due date for responses by 7th April 2026. The contract period will span from 20th July 2026 to 19th July 2029, with the potential for renewal until 19th July 2031. The procurement will be conducted via a tender initiation method, ensuring that interested parties respond to engagement milestones by the specified dates.

This tender offers substantial opportunities for businesses specialising in virtual training and educational services, specifically tailored to water quality statistics. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are particularly encouraged to participate, as the project seeks innovative proposals for delivering virtual workshops using platforms like Microsoft Teams. Providers with expertise in statistical training, especially with experience in environmental assessments and water quality standards, are well-positioned to compete. This contract can promote business growth by enabling participation in public sector training projects, thereby expanding service offerings and strengthening stakeholder networks within sub-central government procurements.

## Notice

The primary Audience (training recipients) for both parts will be the Environment Agency's staff in environment planning, permitting, analysis & reporting, data and evidence teams and WQ regulatory teams (but will be available to other officers where knowledge of statistics is required). It is expected that the audience will directly regulate activities through a various of planning assessments, audits and desk-based compliance assessments. Similarly, this training is for officers who will be assessing water quality permit applications for new water quality and changes to existing sites. Part 1 e-learning is mandatory training for all officers, with Part 2 more targeted to officers as their confidence, breadth and role knowledge required extension to their skill sets, for example bespoke permitting applications or water quality investigational or assessment studies. The EA are seeking a provider to deliver an online workshop, that brings the content to life in a participatory way, building on from the Part 1, foundation module. Part One is an existing, established course that will remain unchanged and is not included within the scope of this tender. The training must include the following: * Delivery via a virtual classroom environment on Microsoft Teams suggested across consecutive days (supplier to include in proposal if alternative delivery length and timing recommended) * A range of subjects, from basic statistical concepts such as the statistical population and probability distributions to how to deal with common data quality issues. * Different types of water quality standards and how compliance is assessed * Presentations on the subject theory. * Practical application to put the theory into use with EA examples through Excel and opportunities to analyse and interpret statistics. Note the emphasis is on interpretation of results rather than the use of the tools such as Excel. * Structured break out rooms to provide opportunities for attendees to participate in smaller groups * Use of knowledge check before during and after the course to help tailor delivery The current online workshop is delivered over two consecutive days; however the EA welcomes supplier proposals for the most appropriate course length.

### Planning Information

Interested parties should please send an email to procurement@defra.gov.uk .
Kindly provide answers to the following questions to register your interest, these should be sent to procurement@defra.gov.uk 
1. Supplier Name
2. What is the nature of the business?
3. Are you able to submit a tender for Water Quality Statistics Training?
4. Has your organisation got relevant experience and expertise to undertake this project i.e. type of experience and years?
5. Can you provide virtual training for the above? 
6. If you are intending to submit a bid for this project as a consortium or with a subcontractor(s), are you able to demonstrate good existing supplier / consortium / subcontractor relationships? 
7. Are there any factors that may prevent you from submitting a bid for this project, such as capacity and/or expertise?
8. Are there any barriers submitting a quote?
9. Do you wish to express an interest in this project? If your reply is No, please provide a brief reason why you have opted out for monitoring purposes.
10. Any other comments of feedback?

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027040-2026 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 24 Mar 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 19 May 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 19 Jul 2026 - 19 Jul 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £130,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ENVIRONMENT AGENCY |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 4DF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 80510000 - Specialist training services

## Release History

- 24 Mar 2026 at 17:02 - PlanningUpdate - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027040-2026
- 24 Mar 2026 at 16:54 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027029-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027040-2026
  24th March 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027029-2026
  24th March 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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