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title: "EU-UK WFD Alignment Project"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078fb5"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Environment Agency"
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# EU-UK WFD Alignment Project

Buyer: Environment Agency  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078fb5

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## Summary

The Environment Agency commissioned research and consultancy for its Groundwater Task Team, a specialist group under the UK Technical Advisory Group. The project reviews how the Water Framework Directive and Groundwater Directive are reflected in EU rules and in each UK administration, including proposed regulatory changes. It identifies significant gaps, conflicts and overlaps between the approaches, then assesses the scale of changes each UK administration would need to make to ensure compliance. This is regulatory and environmental policy analysis rather than delivery of physical works or routine groundwater monitoring. The requirement is UK-wide, covering the separate administrations, and concerns alignment with EU rules and the potential for closer integration with the EU.

The procurement is complete and a supplier has been selected. It was awarded through a selective, non-competitive route under a framework agreement. WSP UK Limited was awarded the single lot for research and related consultancy. The contract was signed on 19 October 2026 and runs from 19 October 2026 to 31 March 2027. Its value is £32,855 excluding VAT (£39,462 including VAT). The contract award is active. The work was evaluated through an award under the framework; the published process information gives no further evaluation basis or supplier eligibility criteria.

This award shows demand for focused policy and regulatory research supporting the Environment Agency’s groundwater and water-framework advisory work. A credible competitor for a comparable requirement would need to assess complex environmental legislation across the UK administrations, compare domestic rules with EU directives and proposed changes, and identify practical gaps, conflicts, overlaps and compliance implications. The work calls for clear, evidence-based analysis that can explain both the differences between jurisdictions and the scale of regulatory change needed. Experience in groundwater regulation and the Water Framework Directive and Groundwater Directive would be directly relevant, alongside the ability to deliver concise advice to a specialist technical advisory group. The previous award was made through a framework, so suppliers seeking similar work should be positioned to compete through an applicable framework route.

## Notice

The Groundwater Task Team (GWTT), a specialist working group under UK Technical Advisory Group (UKTAG), needs to establish the impact of future regulatory alignment and the potential move towards improved integration with EU on the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) and Groundwater Directive (2006/118/EC), including proposed changes. The project will undertake a strategic review of the differences between EU and each UK Administration with regards to WFD and Groundwater Directive to identify any significant gaps, conflicts or overlaps, and then detail the scale of changes needed for each UK Administration to ensure compliance.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100802-2026 |
| 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 | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 19 Oct 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £32,855 |

## 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 | WSP UK Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

## Release History

- 26 Oct 2026 at 08:44 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100802-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100802-2026
  26th October 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- 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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