Contract

OEP021-02 Persistent organic pollutants in waste

  • Office for Environmental Protection

UK7: Contract details notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-083689

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05f782

Published 17 December 2025, 10:52am



Scope

Reference

OEP021-02

Description

Efforts to manage Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are critical to the UK government’s Environmental Improvement Plan, focusing on reducing harmful chemical emissions and advancing a circular economy. Building on our assessment of Government’s progress towards its Environmental Improvement Plan, this project will assess stockpiles, incinerator capacity, economic and environmental impacts, and required government actions to support regulatory/strategy coherence and upstream actions such as safe and sustainability by design.


Contract 1. OEP111-01 Increasing freshwater species abundance through river habitat improvements

Supplier

Contract value

  • £49,776.24 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Date signed

12 December 2025

Contract dates

  • 12 December 2025 to 20 March 2026
  • 3 months, 9 days

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 90710000 - Environmental management

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - limited competition


Supplier

Water Research Centre Limited

  • Companies House: 11172223

Frankland Road Blagrove

Swindon

SN5 8YF

United Kingdom

Region: UKK14 - Swindon

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1. OEP111-01 Increasing freshwater species abundance through river habitat improvements


Contracting authority

Office for Environmental Protection

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PYCX-1788-VTBY

Wildwood, Wildwood Drive

Worcester

WR5 2QT

United Kingdom

Contact name: Stephen Ball

Telephone: 07385952327

Email: stephen.ball@theoep.org.uk

Region: UKG12 - Worcestershire

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government