Official UK procurement notice
Collaborative Agreement relating to Nature Recovery Rotherham
Authority: ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (Public body)·On behalf of: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£150,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 2 Sept 2026no call for competition
Awarded to DON Catchment Rivers Trust, Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo support nature recovery, river restoration and heritage engagement within the River Don and Rother catchments. The Environment Agency (EA) is providing funding to enable feasibility, modelling and design work for a fish bypass channel, and to support development of a Heritage Lottery Fund bit for the Flowing Futures project.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Sept 2026, 12:30 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Sept 2026, 14:21 BST
- Authority reference
C35227- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-091038- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077a76Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Technical expert of both suppliers
Review and risk notes
- Risks
NA
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Sept 2026- Transparency notice published25 Sept 2026, 12:30 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published25 Sept 2026, 14:21 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected9 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £150,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DON Catchment Rivers Trust, Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trustjoint award9 Oct 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 | £150,000 | 2 Sept 2026 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRSProcuring entityDefra Group Commercial will manage this procurement on behalf of the Environment Agency
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- DON Catchment Rivers TrustAwarded supplier
- Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender