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Flood risk management contracts

UK public sector · 69 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
69
Last 12 months
Median contract
£197k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£155m
67 of 69 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
18
Suppliers
37

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most flood risk management contracts took 42% of them (29 of 69).
  • The median contract, £197k, is 42% above the median across construction & trades contracts (£139k).
  • South West had the most contracts: 14, or 20% of the total.

Who buys flood risk management

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

  1. 1Environment Agency39 contracts
  2. 2Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs11 contracts
  3. 3Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council2 contracts
  4. 4Devon County Council2 contracts
  5. 5Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council2 contracts
  6. 6Herefordshire Council1 contract
  7. 7Gloucestershire County Council1 contract
  8. 8London Borough of Sutton1 contract
  9. 9Thurrock Council1 contract
  10. 10Medway Council1 contract

Top flood risk management contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1BAM Nuttall7 contracts
  2. 2AmcoGiffen6 contracts
  3. 3Jackson Civil Engineering6 contracts
  4. 4Esh Group5 contracts
  5. 5Breheny Civil Engineering5 contracts
  6. 6Cheetham Hill Construction Limited4 contracts
  7. 7JBA Bentley Ltd3 contracts
  8. 8Kier Construction2 contracts
  9. 9CPC Civils Ltd2 contracts
  10. 10Glendale2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

17Q4 2025*17Q1 202616Q2 202619Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 66 · Wales 2 · Scotland 1

South West14West Midlands12North East8Yorkshire and The Humber8East of England8South East6North West4East Midlands2Wales2UK-wide or not stated5

What is included

Construction, repair and maintenance of inland flood risk management assets: flood alleviation schemes, flood walls, embankments and minor civils frameworks for flood assets.

  • Flood alleviation works
  • Remedial works to flood prevention assets
  • Minor ground works for flood risk management
  • Minor civils frameworks for flood assets (concrete structures, revetments, piling, weirs)
  • Flood and drainage maintenance lots

What is not included

  • Sea defences (con.civils.coastal-protection)
  • Property-level measures (con.civils.property-flood-resilience)
  • Culvert, ditch and watercourse works (con.civils.watercourse-works)
  • Flood modelling and studies (another industry: consulting-accountancy)
  • Reservoir and dam works (con.civils.reservoir-dam-works)