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title: "ES RDE 094 - Water Environment Value Implementation"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077eb2"
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# ES RDE 094 - Water Environment Value Implementation

Buyer: Environment Agency  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077eb2

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## Summary

The Environment Agency commissioned research and consultancy to integrate new Water Environment Benefits values into its key valuation and appraisal tools. The work covers the Common Valuation Framework, Natural Capital and Evidence Metrics, the Economic Appraisal for Chemicals at Sewage Treatment Works tool, the Natural Capital Register and Account tool, Regulation 19 and the Bathing Water Feasibility Model. The purpose is to apply the new values consistently across these tools. This is a specialist water-environment valuation and appraisal implementation service, rather than a general software or environmental consultancy requirement. The buying organisation is the Environment Agency; delivery is associated with its tools, with no delivery location stated.

The procurement is complete and was awarded to UEA Consulting Limited; the contract is active and was signed on 22 September 2026. The contract runs from 26 September 2026 to 15 March 2027. Its value is £114,876 excluding VAT (£137,851.20 including VAT). This was a selective, below-threshold direct award under a framework, rather than an open competition. The procurement has one lot, covering the implementation work across the six named valuation and appraisal tools. The published procurement information gives no separate scoring breakdown or award criteria, so the basis for evaluating suppliers cannot be detailed further.

The award shows demand from the Environment Agency for specialist expertise that can translate water-environment benefit values into practical use across established valuation and appraisal tools. A credible competitor for a similar requirement would need strong research and development or consultancy capability, alongside experience in environmental valuation, natural capital and economic appraisal. The work spans several distinct tools, including assessment of chemicals at sewage treatment works and bathing-water feasibility, so suppliers would need to understand how common values can be incorporated consistently into different models and registers. UEA Consulting Limited, the selected supplier, is recorded as an SME, indicating that this specialist requirement was delivered by a smaller supplier rather than necessarily requiring a large corporate provider. The route was an award under a framework, so relevant framework access would also matter.

## Notice

Environment Agency Self-Service Direct Award. The purpose of this contract is to integrate the new Water Environment Benefits (WEB) values across the Environment Agency's key valuation and appraisal tools, including the Common Valuation Framework (CVF), Natural Capital and Evidence Metrics (NCEM), Economic Appraisal for Chemicals at Sewage Treatment Works tool (CMPR19), Natural Capital Register and account tool (NCRAT), Regulation19 (Reg19), and Bathing Water Feasibility Model.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092881-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 26 Sep 2026 - 15 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £114,876 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Environment Agency |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | 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 |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | UEA Consulting Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

## Release History

- 1 Oct 2026 at 14:03 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092881-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092881-2026
  1st October 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h6vhtk-04ef64
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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