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Riverfly Monitoring Initiative Citizen Science Project 26/29

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Opportunity overview

Collaborative Agreement between EA and the Freshwater Biological Association (FBA). This is a 3-year project which aims to continue the work of the Riverfly Monitoring Initiative (RMI), citizen science network under the Riverfly Partnership, which collects invertebrate data and evidence of environmental impacts from rivers and catchments across England to complement EA’s own monitoring and assessment work.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Published award value
Value not stated
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
28 Apr 2026
Award ID
2
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PPPD-9779-NBVX
Location
Ambleside, UKD12, LA22 0LP, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

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
C33663
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Direct Award in accordance with the Procurement Act (2023), Part 3, Chapter 3 and Schedule 5, Paragraph 5 which states: The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract: (a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights
Entry 2
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Covered By

GPA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
Id
GB-PPON-PNWW-1475-NYLN

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PNWW-1475-NYLN

Address

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

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Id
GB-PPON-PNBD-3289-CDGX
Role Details
Procurement facilitated via Defra group Commercial

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PNBD-3289-CDGX

Address

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

Contact

Roles

procuringEntity

Details

Organisation 3
Name
The Freshwater Biological Association
Id
GB-PPON-PPPD-9779-NBVX

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PPPD-9779-NBVX

Address

Street Address
The Ferry Landing Far Sawrey
Locality
Ambleside
Postal Code
LA22 0LP
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD12

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
Yes
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
2
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
90720000
Description
Environmental protection

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PPPD-9779-NBVX
Name
The Freshwater Biological Association

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
2
Award ID
2
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
29 Apr 2026, 00:00
No Agreed Metrics Rationale
Given the collaborative nature of the agreement and its focus on jointly delivered outcomes, performance will be managed through contract management, regular governance and monitoring of agreed outputs over the term of the agreement. Deliverables are clearly defined and measurable through outputs

Period

Starts
29 Apr 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2029, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
206,200
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
039858-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
30 Apr 2026, 12:40
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

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

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 011673-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 028479-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 039858-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·