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Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR) 2016 Groundwater Activity Cost Benefit

Environment Agency · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 04:46.

Opportunity overview

This 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.

Classification

  • CPV73210000 — Research consultancy services

Lots

  • Lot 1£30k

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
ENVEBP00832R
Status
active
Above Threshold
No
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
How to submit
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.
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Tender Period

Ends
26 Sept 2025, 17:00

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
notAllowed

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active

Value

Amount
30,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
36,000

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Award criteria

Description
TBC

Contract period

Ends
27 Feb 2026, 23:59
Starts
13 Oct 2025, 00:00

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
73210000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Research consultancy services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
A-4849
Format
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Document Type
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Entry 2
Id
A-4850
Format
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Document Type
biddingDocuments
Entry 3
Id
A-4851
Format
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Entry 4
Id
054202-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
5 Sept 2025, 11:12
Entry 5
Id
A-5139
Format
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Document Type
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Entry 6
Id
A-5140
Format
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Entry 7
Id
056023-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
12 Sept 2025, 09:23

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
034069-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
20 Jun 2025, 13:49

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
11 Jul 2025, 23:59
Description
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 1. Contractor Name 2. 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). 3. Are there any factors that may prevent you from submitting a bid for this project, such as capacity and/or expertise? 4. Given your understanding of the scope, are you able to provide the outputs for all of the requirement, including all deliverables? 5. Please set out what you foresee as key risks or challenges associated with delivery of the outlined services (including mitigations where relevant). 6. 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? 7. 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? 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. Any other comments of feedback?

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PNWW-1475-NYLN
Name
Environment Agency

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKI32
Country
GB
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1P 4DF
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
PNWW-1475-NYLN
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1P 4DF · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-0550ee-2025-09-12T09:23:09+01:00Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·