Competition with a shortlist
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Key facts
- Buyer
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Value
- £998,250
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- Business services · General management consultancy services (CPV 79411000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
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- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Feb 2026
- Published10 Mar 2026Published 29 days after the contract date
Description
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.
About the supplier
McKinsey & Company, Inc. United Kingdom: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company FC012665).