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Our Water and Environment Management Framework

Over the next 10 years, we will be investing more than £2.5 billion to reduce the risk from river and coastal flooding and to secure social and environmental improvements. Our professional relationships with suppliers will be crucial to delivering these risk reductions and improvements. 

Through our Next Generation Supplier Arrangements project, we are establishing the Water and Environment Management (WEM) Framework. This Framework will be available in April 2013 giving access to suppliers in the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management market.

The WEM Framework will be available to all directorates within the Environment Agency, other risk management authorities and Defra delivery bodies. These include local authorities and internal drainage boards.

What is the scope of the WEM Framework?

The Water and Environment Management Framework is divided into four Lots.  These are:

1. Modelling, mapping and data services
2. Environmental services
3. Engineering and related services
4. Asset delivery

The WEM Framework will run from April 2013 for four years delivering projects across the country and supporting the Environment Agency in the delivery of its corporative targets and efficiency savings.

What is currently happening?

We are pre-qualifying potential suppliers ahead of the tender stage and determining how the WEM Framework will operate and be managed.  We will announce the shortlist of suppliers in June 2012 and issue the invitation to tender to those shortlisted in July 2012.

Suppliers who have not previously expressed an interest in tendering are now too late to be considered.

What you can do now?