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Awarded · ResultStage · award

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Evidence to support setting new resilience standards for the water sector

Business ServicesCPV 73200000
ValueValue not published
Awarded24 Aug 2026
Published7 Sept 2026
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded
Jacobs UK Ltd
Awarded value£120k
Award date24 Aug 2026

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Who to contact
DEFRA GROUP COMMERCIAL
procurement@defra.gov.uk
03459335577

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

The brief

The water industry provides critical services that the public, nature, and our economy depend on every day.

Failure to maintain a resilient water supply and wastewater system – broadly meaning here one which can continue to perform its functions despite pressures and shocks – can have disastrous consequences.

For wastewater, failures by companies to build, maintain and operate resilient sewerage systems can risk harm to public health and the environment.

Failure to maintain a resilient water supply system can lead to greater risk of harm to the environment, limitations to growth for both household and commercial sectors and supply interruptions to households, businesses, hospitals and schools.

Prolonged supply interruptions could cause devastating economic and social impacts, including harm to public health.

The current regulatory regime requires water companies to meet, and continue to be able to meet, their obligations to maintain a

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Failure to maintain a resilient water supply

Failure to maintain a resilient water supply and wastewater system.

02

For wastewater, failures by companies to build

For wastewater, failures by companies to build, maintain and operate resilient sewerage systems can risk harm to public health and the environment.

03

Failure to maintain a resilient water supply

Failure to maintain a resilient water supply system can lead to greater risk of harm to the environment, limitations to growth for both household and commercial sectors and supply interruptions to households, businesses, hospitals and schools.

04

Prolonged supply interruptions could cause devastating economic

Prolonged supply interruptions could cause devastating economic and social impacts, including harm to public health.

05

The current regulatory regime requires water companies

The current regulatory regime requires water companies to meet, and continue to be able to meet, their obligations to maintain a.

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Stage
award · Awarded
Source
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Buyer ref
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