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Flood risk assessment contracts

UK public sector · 103 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
103
Last 12 months
Median contract
£95k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£41.0m
95 of 98 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
41
Suppliers
64

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most flood risk assessment contracts took 58% of them (60 of 103).
  • The median contract, £95k, is 19% above the median across consulting & accountancy contracts (£80k).
  • South East had the most contracts: 20, or 19% of the total.

Who buys flood risk assessment

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Environment Agency37 contracts
  2. 2Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs13 contracts
  3. 3West Northamptonshire Council4 contracts
  4. 4East Riding of Yorkshire Council3 contracts
  5. 5King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council3 contracts
  6. 6Havant Borough Council2 contracts
  7. 7Highways England2 contracts
  8. 8Scottish Government2 contracts
  9. 9East Sussex County Council2 contracts
  10. 10DERBY CITY COUNCIL2 contracts

Top flood risk assessment contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1JBA Consulting23 contracts
  2. 2Jacobs17 contracts
  3. 3Arup16 contracts
  4. 4WSP7 contracts
  5. 5Mott MacDonald5 contracts
  6. 6Royal HaskoningDHV5 contracts
  7. 7Amey5 contracts
  8. 8RSK Environment5 contracts
  9. 9Pell Frischmann4 contracts
  10. 10AtkinsRéalis4 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

33Q4 2025*31Q1 202623Q2 202616Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 95 · Scotland 6 · Wales 2

South East20East of England13East Midlands10Yorkshire and The Humber9West Midlands9London7South West7North West4North East3Wales2UK-wide or not stated19

What is included

Flood and coastal engineers who assess and model flood risk and design schemes to manage it: flood risk assessments, hydraulic and surface water modelling, spatial flood risk analysis, property-level flood resilience surveys, coastal erosion studies, and appraisal, business cases and outline and detailed design of flood alleviation, debris screen, drainage and coastal protection schemes.

  • Flood risk assessments (FRA)
  • Surface water management plan models
  • Hydrological and flood risk analysis
  • Property flood resilience surveys
  • Flood alleviation scheme design
  • Culvert debris screen needs assessment and design
  • Drainage and flood alleviation engineering lots
  • Coastal erosion and flood risk studies
  • Flood scheme appraisal and business cases

What is not included

  • Reservoir and dam engineering (see Reservoir and dam engineering)
  • Site civils and water engineering outside flood schemes (see Civil and structural engineering)
  • Climate risk and adaptation planning (see Sustainability consultancy)
  • Flood defence and PFR installation works (see construction trades (con.civils.flood defence, con.civils.property flood resilience))

Often bought by the same buyers