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Exploring the viability of a simplified watercourse condition assessment for Biodiversity Net Gain

Study to test whether a simplified watercourse condition assessment can reduce cost and time while retaining ecological integrity, and how it would work alongside the existing River Condition Assessment. Also explores whether a new distinctiveness category for heavily modified watercourses could ease biodiversity net gain pressures on constrained sites.

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Awarded value
£98k
As published
Published
27 October 2026
Awarded
29 September 2026
WSP
Contract length
4 months
Ends 22 January 2027

What the contract covers

Call-off

Consultancy services to assess watercourse condition and test simplified river condition methods for biodiversity net gain.

  • Explore and test whether a simplified condition assessment could reduce costs, lessen burdens, and save time while retaining ecological integrity
  • Consider how the simplified condition assessment would work alongside the existing RCA
  • Explore whether adding a new distinctiveness category for heavily modified watercourses could help ease BNG pressures for sites, particularly where achieving ecological improvements on heavily modified or constrained watercourses is challenging

Terms and requirements

Contract type
Call-off
Procedure
Selective procedure
Initial term
4 months
Contract dates
29 September 2026 to 22 January 2027
Certifications asked for
None stated
Suitable for SMEs
Yes
Category
Services
CPV codes
90700000

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Environment Agency

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WSP

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Cite this contract

Link
https://bidskim.com/tender/3894568/exploring-the-viability-of-a-simplified-watercourse-condition-assessment-for-bio
Buyer reference
CF-0685300D8d000003VQwdEAG
Open contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-40465ad3-3cc6-4b9b-b13a-8bbc759add17
Last checked
4 November 2026

Environment Agency. Exploring the viability of a simplified watercourse condition assessment for Biodiversity Net Gain. Contract award, 27 October 2026. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/3894568/exploring-the-viability-of-a-simplified-watercourse-condition-assessment-for-bio (accessed 4 November 2026).