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Flood Risk Management: Surface Water Studies - Premarket Engagement

Nottingham City Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

Flood Risk Management: Surface Water Studies - Premarket Engagement Technical expertise is sought to build upon existing flood modelling and mapping to improve understanding of flood risk in sub-catchments in Nottingham City. This should form a study report to identify a long-list and short-list of costed options for flood risk management schemes in alignment with DEFRA's new FCERM funding policy and upcoming local appraisal guidance. This pre-market engagement exercise is being conducted in accordance with Sections 16 and 17 of the Procurement Act 2023. Its primary purpose is to help the contracting authority better understand the market's capacity, capabilities, and potential solutions prior to initiating a formal procurement process. Participation in this exercise does not form part of the formal procurement process and will not be used to assess or pre-qualify suppliers. All insights gathered will be used solely to inform the upcoming procurement and ensure it is designed in a way that is open, competitive, and effective.

Classification

  • CPV71351900 — Geology, oceanography and hydrology services
  • CPV71353100 — Hydrographic surveying services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
CPU 7944
Main Procurement Category
services
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
27 Feb 2026, 23:59

Amendments

Entry 1
Description
Link to Questionnaire added within Engagement section
Id
011989-2026

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Contract period

Starts
1 Apr 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Jun 2026, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
71351900
Description
Geology, oceanography and hydrology services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
71353100
Description
Hydrographic surveying services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKF14
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
This PME aims to gain input from the Hydrographic surveying services market to gain their view of our plans to tender for Flood Risk Management: Surface Water Studies. Nottingham City Council (NCC) would like to understand providers capacity, experience and expertise to support along with their estimate proposed costings for the Surface Water Studies. Providers' responses may be collectively themed, or costings averaged to support the development of the service model/ specification, but responses will be anonymised, and individual provider information will not be shared with competitors. Providers must complete the below form in full by 27/02/2026 Please submit responses to CPU 7944 Flood Risk Management: Surface Water Studies Questionnaire. https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View?advertId=c04ee667-2d04-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromAdvertEvent=True
Due
27 Feb 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
011989-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
10 Feb 2026, 14:54
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Nottingham City Council
Id
GB-PPON-PZGG-1891-TDCX

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PZGG-1891-TDCX

Address

Street Address
Loxley House, Station Street
Locality
Nottingham
Postal Code
NG2 3NG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKF14

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Nottingham · UKF14 · NG2 3NG · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKF14 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 011440-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 011989-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·