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title: "Reservoir Safety Engineer Appointments"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0787a8"
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# Reservoir Safety Engineer Appointments

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0787a8

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## Summary

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) buys reservoir safety engineering services through appointments to statutory engineer panels. The Institution of Civil Engineers assesses applicants, interviews candidates and recommends to Defra which engineers should be appointed. Panel membership enables engineers to carry out specified statutory functions; Ministers must consult the Institution before making appointments. This is an ongoing appointment process, with three rounds each year and appointments lasting five years. The work concerns assessing and recommending individual reservoir engineers, rather than carrying out reservoir construction or general engineering projects. The buyer is Defra, and the supplier is based in London; the procurement does not identify a separate delivery location.

The procurement is complete and the contract is active. Defra used a direct award below the threshold, without competition, to appoint the Institution of Civil Engineers. The Institution was selected to assess applications, interview engineers and recommend appointments. The contract was signed on 15 October 2026 and runs from 20 November 2026 to 20 November 2028. Its value is £60,000 excluding VAT (£72,000 including VAT). The process is a single lot, with suitability marked for both small and medium-sized businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises. The published procurement information describes the assessment and recommendation role but does not set out separate scored award criteria.

For suppliers considering comparable work for Defra, the relevant capability is a credible, independent process for assessing reservoir safety engineers: reviewing applications, conducting interviews and making reasoned recommendations on statutory panel appointments. Familiarity with reservoir engineering and the professional standards needed for engineers performing statutory functions would be central to delivering this requirement. The work is recurring rather than a one-off engineering project, with repeated appointment rounds and multi-year panel appointments, so delivery capacity must support regular candidate assessment and recommendations over the contract term. The buyer selected the Institution of Civil Engineers by direct award, reflecting the stated statutory requirement for ministerial consultation with that professional body. A competitor would need to demonstrate how it could fulfil the assessment function and support Defra’s appointment decisions within that statutory context.

## Notice

Reservoir engineers are appointed by Ministers to panels. Only the engineers who are members these panels can carry out certain statutory functions. Ministers are statutorily required to consult the Institution for Civil Engineers before making engineer appointments. The Institution for Civil Engineers therefore assesses engineer applications, carries out interviews and makes recommendations to Defra on which engineers should and shouldn't be appointed to the relevant panels. This is an ongoing process. Appointments last for 5 years and there are 3 rounds of appointments each year.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097434-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 20 Nov 2026 - 20 Nov 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £60,000 |
| Contracts value | £60,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS |
| 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 | Institution of Civil Engineers |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71300000 - Engineering services

## Release History

- 15 Oct 2026 at 12:29 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097434-2026
- 14 Oct 2026 at 14:15 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097052-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097434-2026
  15th October 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097052-2026
  14th October 2026 - Transparency 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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