RFP QuestBeta
ClosedStage · contract

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Water Regulator Reform

Business ServicesCPV 79000000 79400000 79410000
Value£998k
Deadline9 Jan 2026
Published10 Mar 2026
RegionUK-wide
Timeline
Published 10 Mar 2026ClosedCloses 9 Jan 2026
Contract value in context
£998ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

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The brief

This engagement will provide targeted consultancy support to Defra to design the Target Operating Model (TOM) for the new integrated water regulator for England.

The work will provide inputs to help inform timely Defra decision-making on the design of a coherent, implementable operating model.

The engagement will support Defra in shaping early transition actions and a credible, costed pathway to standing up the new regulator (subject to passage of legislation), in readiness for the Price Review 2029.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

This engagement will provide targeted consultancy support

This engagement will provide targeted consultancy support to Defra to design the Target Operating Model (TOM) for the new integrated water regulator for England.

02

The work will provide inputs to help

The work will provide inputs to help inform timely Defra decision-making on the design of a coherent, implementable operating model.

03

The engagement will support Defra in shaping

The engagement will support Defra in shaping early transition actions and a credible, costed pathway to standing up the new regulator (subject to passage of legislation), in readiness for the Price Review 2029.

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Source & provenance
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Stage
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