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Contract Award Notice - SE_CDF_Pevensey Bay Coastal Defences (Interim) - Construction

Environment Agency
South East
Selective procedure
28 April 2025 to 21 June 2027

The contract involves coastal defence works including shingle recycling, offshore shingle recharge, beach slope reprofiling, and shingle bypassing around Sovereign Harbour. It also covers the maintenance and repair of functional groynes, beach control structures, access routes, and safety works to historic timber structures. The scope is defined by specific activity volumes and scales detailed in the S2000 documentation.

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Awarded value: £7.3m; As published
Published: 12 May 2025; Contracts Finder
Awarded: 29 April 2025; VolkerStevin
Contract length: 26 months; Ends 21 June 2027

What the buyer is asking for

Provision of coastal engineering and beach management services, including shingle recycling, beach reprofiling, and maintenance of coastal defence structures.

Category: Beach services

Lifecycle

Publishedon Contracts Finder
12 May 2025
Contract awardedto VolkerStevin
29 April 2025
Contract starts
28 April 2025
Contract ends
21 June 2027

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The buyer

Type: Other public body
Sea defences contracts, 24 months: 13
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How it compares

28× the typical sea defences contract (£263k).

Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/267989/contract-award-notice-se-cdf-pevensey-bay-coastal-defences-interim-construction
Buyer reference: CF-0492800D8d000003VQwdEAG
Open contracting ID: ocds-b5fd17-d75d852c-71f2-4748-ad44-4f92825af8b5
Source: Contracts Finder
Last checked: 12 October 2026

Environment Agency. Contract Award Notice - SE_CDF_Pevensey Bay Coastal Defences (Interim) - Construction. Contract award, 12 May 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/267989/contract-award-notice-se-cdf-pevensey-bay-coastal-defences-interim-construction (accessed 12 October 2026).