Official UK procurement notice
FCP - Strategic Modelling Partner
Authority: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Modelling Strategy is a core product of ELM science and evidence, it joins together insights from across social science, natural science and economics with policy priorities to fully understand the detailed impact of ELM scheme design.
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
- 13 Mar 2026, 13:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Apr 2026, 11:08 BST
- Authority reference
C33466- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-032245- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0669e3Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
This is follow-up work to initial tasks carried out under an existing contract, which was procured through open competition. GHD hold the necessary skills to take this work to it's next stage where we are able to run an open competition.
- Risks
Risk of not awarding - no COI identified
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
25 Mar 2026 → 9 Apr 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends215 days ago25 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published201 days ago9 Apr 2026, 11:08 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Mar 2026- Transparency notice published13 Mar 2026, 13:45 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published13 Mar 2026, 13:52 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected31 Mar 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published9 Apr 2026, 11:08 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gutteridge, Haskins and Davey Limited1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sept 2026 | £320,000 | 6 Mar 2026standstill to 25 Mar 2026 | Standstill |
| Gutteridge, Haskins and Davey Limited | £400,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
FCP: Strategic Modelling Partner · Gutteridge, Haskins and Davey Limited
- Signed
- 30 Mar 2026
- Value
- £400,000
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sept 2026
- Status
- active
2 agreed KPIs: Governance · Code quality
- Governance, For every completed milestone where the strategic modelling partner is leading the milestone, present to Defra leads to obtain approval. This may include presenting work to MMSG or other review boards.
- Code quality, Code should be readable, good quality and follow government coding best practices. Code developed by supplier will go through a QA process and needs to be approved from the reviewer. This could be approved after revisions are implemented.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Gutteridge Haskins & Davey LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender