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Incident Management Forecasting System (IMFS) software support, maintenance and development services

Environment Agency

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Environment Agency

Buyer Address: Horizon House, Deanery Rd, Bristol, BS1 5AH, UK

Contact Name: Neil Widdop

Contact Email: neil.widdop@defra.gov.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
direct
Value
14925560.0 GBP
Published
03 Nov 2025, 14:44
Deadline
19 Oct 2025, 11:00
Contract Start
19 Oct 2025, 23:00
Contract End
19 Oct 2030, 22:59
Category
services
CPV
71351600 - Weather-forecasting services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Stichting Deltares
Official Source
Open Contracts Finder

Description

The Incident Management Forecasting System (IMFS) is the Environment Agency's primary flood forecasting system and uses Deltares owned Delft-FEWS software as a platform to run models for flood forecasting, groundwater modelling, bathing water quality forecasting, and other services. The National Groundwater Modelling Service (NGMS) also uses Delft-FEWS software.

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