Contract award · 18 Feb 2026

EcoSF4: Judas Gap Fish Pass Detailed Design

Environment Agency awarded “Judas Gap Fish Pass Detailed Design” to Jeremy Benn Associates Limited (t/a JBA Consulting) for £73,826 on 18 Feb 2026.

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Key facts

Value
£73,826.19
Procedure
Call-off from a framework agreement
Sector
Waste, cleaning & environmental · Environmental services (CPV 90700000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date18 Feb 2026
  2. Published4 Mar 2026Published 14 days after the contract date

Description

Judas Gap is an Environment Agency owned structure located at the saline limit on the River Stour on the Essex Suffolk border, NGR TM0799732809. The site already has a pumped eel pass installed in the old fish pass chamber. The Judas Gap structure is critical in terms of fish movements for the Stour, for both freshwater fish that are trapped on the downstream side and migratory fish that require an entry/exit route to the freshwater system, both smelt and sea trout are present in the Stour estuary. The design will also need to ensure that eel passage is maintained. The River Stour has an augmented water supply from the Ely Ouse to Essex Transfer Scheme (EOETS), water is pumped from the Gt Ouse to the top of the rivers Stour and Pant. Located in the Lower Stour is one of the main water supply abstraction points at Cattawade Intake, Essex and Suffolk Water (ESW) abstraction licence number 8/36/15/*S/0123, NGR TM1004933059. Work has been undertaken in the latest round of the Water Indust…

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