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Scope

Description

The Schools Water Strategy is an 鈥渋nvest to save鈥� strategy aimed at reducing the risk of flooding in schools. This planned procurement is to enable the expansion of the current Property Flood Resilience (PFR) installations across the school estate, specifically targeting members of the Risk Protection Arrangement (RPA) for schools in high-risk flood areas and schools that have suffered repeated flooding disruption.

This procurement is looking for Potential Suppliers with the capability in their own organisations or with named supply chain partners to design and build property flood resilience solutions across both grey and green (nature-based) categories.

The maximum contract value including optional extensions across all Lots is 拢100 million (excluding VAT). The initial 3 year contract term is valued at 拢57 million across all Lots, equating to roughly 拢11.4 million per Lot.

The DfE is looking to award 5 regional contracts that will deliver PFR measures in specific schools (selected by the DfE based upon flood risk) in each region. The procurement will be structured into five regional Lots to ensure equal coverage across England. Each Lot will be split into regions as follow:

鈥� Lot 1: North West

鈥� Lot 2: North East

鈥� Lot 3: West Midlands and South (excluding London)

鈥� Lot 4: London

鈥� Lot 5: East Midlands and East of England

Each Lot will have a target to complete a minimum of 10 schools per year over the contract period; however, suppliers would be expected to work on more than 10 projects a year to achieve the targets, accounting for potential slippage. Each Lot is equal in the scope of works.

Bidders will be able to apply for all five Lots but will only be awarded a maximum of three Lots. The planned procurement will follow an Open Competitive Procedure, and the evaluation will use a price-per-quality-point methodology.

Total value (estimated)

• 拢100,000,000 excluding VAT
• 拢120,000,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

• 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2029
• Possible extension to 31 August 2031
• 5 years

Description of possible extension:

1year + 1year after the initial contract period

Main procurement category

Works

CPV classifications

• 45246400 - Flood-prevention works
• 45214200 - Construction work for school buildings
• 45240000 - Construction work for water projects
• 71242000 - Project and design preparation, estimation of costs
• 44212382 - Floodgates

Lot constraints

Maximum number of lots a supplier can be awarded: 3

Description of how multiple lots may be awarded:

Potential Suppliers may express interest and bid for all 5 regional Lots however each Potential Supplier will be awarded no more than 3 Lots. This applies only to the Potential Supplier and any suppliers listed as part of a consortium or bidding group, but not where a supplier may be a subcontractor to the Potential Supplier.

Not the same for all lots

Contract locations are shown in Lot sections, because they are not the same for all lots.

Lot 1. North West

Description

Design and Build of Schools Property Flood Resilience interventions including nature-based SuDS in the North West region.

Lot value (estimated)

• 拢20,000,000 excluding VAT
• 拢24,000,000 including VAT

Contract locations

• UKD - North West (England)

Same for all lots

CPV classifications and contract dates are shown in the Scope section, because they are the same for all lots.

Lot 2. North East

Description

Design and Build of Schools Property Flood Resilience interventions including nature-based SuDS in the North East region.

Lot value (estimated)

• 拢20,000,000 excluding VAT
• 拢24,000,000 including VAT

Contract locations

• UKC - North East (England)

Same for all lots

CPV classifications and contract dates are shown in the Scope section, because they are the same for all lots.

Lot 3. West Midlands and South (excluding London)

Description

Design and Build of Schools Property Flood Resilience interventions including nature-based SuDS in the West Midlands and South (excluding London) region.

Lot value (estimated)

• 拢20,000,000 excluding VAT
• 拢24,000,000 including VAT

Contract locations

• UKG - West Midlands (England)
• UKK - South West (England)

Same for all lots

CPV classifications and contract dates are shown in the Scope section, because they are the same for all lots.

Lot 4. London

Description

Design and Build of Schools Property Flood Resilience interventions including nature-based SuDS in the London region.

Lot value (estimated)

• 拢20,000,000 excluding VAT
• 拢24,000,000 including VAT

Contract locations

• UKI - London

Same for all lots

CPV classifications and contract dates are shown in the Scope section, because they are the same for all lots.

Lot 5. East Midlands and East of England

Description

Design and Build of Schools Property Flood Resilience interventions including nature-based SuDS in the East Midlands and East of England region.

Lot value (estimated)

• 拢20,000,000 excluding VAT
• 拢24,000,000 including VAT

Contract locations

• UKF - East Midlands (England)
• UKH - East of England

Same for all lots

CPV classifications and contract dates are shown in the Scope section, because they are the same for all lots.

Participation

Legal and financial capacity conditions of participation

Lot 1. North West

Lot 2. North East

Lot 3. West Midlands and South (excluding London)

Lot 4. London

Lot 5. East Midlands and East of England

Potential Suppliers must complete the Financial Viability Risk Assessment Tool as part of the Conditions for Participation in line with the guidance set out in Appendix C of the ITT pack.

Technical ability conditions of participation

Lot 1. North West

Lot 2. North East

Lot 3. West Midlands and South (excluding London)

Lot 4. London

Lot 5. East Midlands and East of England

Potential Suppliers, their Bidding Group and/or their supply chain must have the capability to design and install Property Flood Resilience interventions, including Nature Based SuDS, across the green and grey categories as defined in the Technical Employers Requirements.

Particular suitability

Lot 1. North West

Lot 2. North East

Lot 3. West Midlands and South (excluding London)

Lot 4. London

Lot 5. East Midlands and East of England

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Submission

Enquiry deadline

17 April 2026, 12:00pm

Tender submission deadline

5 May 2026, 12:00pm

Submission address and any special instructions

Tenders must be submitted through the DfE electronic tendering system, Jaggaer, at before the tender submission deadline.

Tenders may be submitted electronically

No

Languages that may be used for submission

English

Award decision date (estimated)

21 July 2026

Award criteria

Weighting description

All Tenders passing the PSQ/CoP Stage will be evaluated by a Quality Evaluation Panel against the pre-determined published criteria as stated in the Quality Questionnaire (Appendix E) of the ITT pack.

Potential Suppliers will also be asked to tender Prices and detail their associated costs that they will be able to contract with the Department on, based on the guidance and Pricing Schedule set out in Appendix F of this ITT pack. For the financial evaluation, Potential Suppliers will be assessed...

on their priced preliminaries and design rates.

To identify the highest scoring tenders and rank the Potential Suppliers in each Lot, each Potential Supplier鈥檚 Final Bid Price will be divided by their Final Quality Score to give their Price Per Quality Point (PPQP) Overall Tender Score.

Other information

Payment terms

Once in contract, the design and optioneering stages will be invoiced and paid on an interim monthly basis in arrears. For construction works phased beyond a 6-week period, payments will be issued in line with interim monthly payments, and for works phased within a 6-week period, payments will be issued as a lumpsum in arrears following completion and construction assurance, as illustrated in the PFR Delivery and Payment Timeline (Appendix D) in the ITT pack.

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes

Procedure

Procedure type

Open procedure

Contracting authority

Department for Education

• Public Procurement Organisation Number: PDZG-3487-DPVD

Sanctuary Buildings, 20 Great Smith Street

London

SW1P3BT

United Kingdom

Email: PolicyAssurance.COMMERCIALQUERIES [at] education.gov.uk

Region: UKI32 - Westminster

Organisation type: Public authority - central government