Official UK procurement notice
Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR) 2016 Groundwater Activity Cost Benefit
Authority: ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis project will commission a Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) of UK specific resources to identify relevant considerations for what is meant by "disproportionately costly". Disproportionately costly is one element of assessing if all necessary and reasonable measures have been taken to prevent inputs of pollutants into groundwater for remediation and re-deposit of contaminated materials as a groundwater activity (Schedule 22 Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016). Guidance exists on how to carry out cost benefit analysis for the detailed evaluation of remediation options to manage the risks from land contamination. There is no guidance on how to carry out cost benefit analysis for the purposes of evaluating disproportionately costly. This REA will be used to develop guidance on how to carry out cost benefit analysis for the purposes of evaluating disproportionately costly.
CPV: Research consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£30,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Lot awarding rule: TBC
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Jun 2025, 13:49 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Sept 2025, 09:23 BST
- Authority reference
ENVEBP00832R- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-054202- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0550eeFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 26 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
To apply for this opportunity you must submit your quotation meeting the requirements detailed in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) attached.
Your response must be sent to lucy.snape@environment-agency.gov.uk by 17:00 on Friday 26 September 2025. Please include "" Final Submission EPR Groundwater Activity Cost Benefit"" within the subject title.
If you have any clarification questions linked to this opportunity or the procurement process please submit these via email to lucy.snape@environment-agency.gov.uk. Please note that, unless commercially sensitive, both the question and the response will be circulated to all tenderers.
Timeline
20 Jun 2025 → 13 Oct 2025 · 6 dates- Planning notice published20 Jun 2025, 13:49 BST
- Market engagement11 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
The literature review and associated report will be completed over a three-month timeline, using the Environment Agency's Literature Review Guidance document, which provides guidance as to how literature reviews should be completed to align with Environment Agency requirements.
Timeline
The Environment Agency's indicative timetable, which is subject to change, is detailed below:
Procurement Activity Anticipated Date
Market Engagement 20 June 2025 - 11 July 2025
Publish Invitation to Tender (ITT) 28 July 2025
ITT response date 22 August 2025
Contract award / contract issued 8 September 2025
Contract Start Date 8 September 2025
Draft final report submitted 8 December 2025
Contract End Date 31 March 2026
Market Engagement Questions
Questionnaire responses will be used to inform our assessment of carrying out this requirement and how it might potentially be delivered, including the route to market. Responses will not, under any circumstances, be used as an evaluation tool.
Please indicate your expression of interest and any feedback by 11 July 2025 by emailing lucy.snape@environment-agency.gov.uk.
All responses and details of respondents will be held in the strictest commercial confidence and will not be shared wider.
Please provide examples in your responses to projects, programmes of work and international standards where necessary.
Questions
- Contractor Name
- Please provide two brief examples that demonstrate your organisations experience and expertise in the remediation of brownfield sites, specifically where a groundwater activity was carried out (Schedule 22 of EPR 2016 Groundwater activities).
- Are there any factors that may prevent you from submitting a bid for this project, such as capacity and/or expertise?
- Given your understanding of the scope, are you able to provide the outputs for all of the requirement, including all deliverables?
- Please set out what you foresee as key risks or challenges associated with delivery of the outlined services (including mitigations where relevant).
- Given your understanding of the technical specification provided:
a. Do you believe the project tasks are adequately described with relevant information?
b. Is there any further information you would need about the specification?
c. Do you have any suggestions on how the specification could be modified to improve the project outcome?
- What key information does the Environment Agency need to provide in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documents to ensure that you can prepare a quality bid and price the work accurately?
- 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.
- Please provide an estimation of costs to carry out this project to the nearest £5k. Please note these will not be taken as a formal quote and will only be used for project planning purposes.
- Any other comments of feedback?
- Tender notice published5 Sept 2025, 11:12 BST
- Latest notice published12 Sept 2025, 09:23 BST
- Submission deadline397 days ago26 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
- Contract starts380 days ago13 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Jun 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published20 Jun 2025, 13:49 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published5 Sept 2025, 11:12 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £30,0005 Sept 2025, 11:12 BSTwas £0
- Status changed to active5 Sept 2025, 11:12 BST
- Procurement method changed5 Sept 2025, 11:12 BST
- Deadline published: 26 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST5 Sept 2025, 11:12 BST
- Tender notice published12 Sept 2025, 09:23 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (8)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender