Published date: 8 January 2025

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Awarded contract (published 9 January 2025)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£40,606

Procurement reference

CF-0436200D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

8 January 2025

Closing date

12 December 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

19 December 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Defra have provided funding to the Environment Agency (the Authority) to help improve agricultural
representation in regional water resources plans. The Environment Agency contracted WSP to
create a Supply-Demand-Balance-Assessment (SDBA) tool to calculate the surplus or deficit in a
catchment for agricultural water use. This has a baseline (current position) and future projections to
2050 which includes effects of climate and socio-economic change. This has been tested on 5
catchments across England.
This tool can now be used to undertake supply-demand balance assessments at catchment scale.
The Environment Agency would like to run an additional 20 studies in this financial year, including
this batch of 5

Award information

Awarded date

7 January 2025

Contract start date

19 December 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Total value of contract

£40,606

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Jeremy Benn Associates Limited (t/a JBA Consulting)

Address

1 Broughton Place, Old Lane North, Broughton, Skipton BD23 3FD

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Adrian Ajibade

Address

17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
UK

Email

adrian.ajibade@defra.gov.uk