Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d08-6b28-7073-bdce-926ab2cf8e82/rde753-eam73-usability-of-tools-ukfe-case-study awarded GB restricted procedure Suitable for SMEs # RDE753 EAM7.3: Usability of tools - UKFE case study [Environment Agency](https://tendernation.io/buyers/environment-agency) Estimated value £82,891 Published 20 Jan 2025 Deadline Closed 13 Jan 2025 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Small contract value Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender The Environment Agency (EA) established the Flood Hydrology Improvement Programme (FHIP) to deliver the priority needs of the roadmap that align with EA needs. FHIP Project EAM7 "New methods in operational flood hydrology" is currently in the discovery phase of its programme which is being delivered as a series of work packages. To resolve limitations of existing standard methods, we need to improve the accessibility and usability of alternative methods to allow these to be easily and affordably applied in operational flood risk modelling studies. The discovery phase of EAM7 is exploring topics such as user needs, barriers to adopting new methods, international best practice, uncertainty, and climate change, to inform decisions on what alternative method will be developed as the proof of concept and how it can be brought into operational use. The aim of this project is to explore how to overcome some of the blockers identified as barriers to adoption: - Methods must have affordable maintained software that is within existing skillsets. - Methods must be supported by guidance documents covering usage and parameters. - Methods must be supported by affordable and accessible training. - Methods must be well communicated, openly endorsed and accepted by legislative authorities. - Methods must be comparable in time and costs to existing methods. - Methods must use readily available, accessible and preferably open data sources. - Methods must have funding for ongoing maintenance, support and updates. The case study chosen for this work package is the UKFE R package. UKFE provides functions to implement the methods of the Flood Estimation Handbook (FEH) and its associated updates, as well as offering additional hydrological functions. The package was developed and is maintained by Anthony Hammond on a personal basis. It is freely available for use under the GPL-3 license from the CRAN repository of R packages. An alphabetical guide to the functions is available with the package, and a quick guide to implementing the FEH methods is available online at UKFE: FEH Quick Guide - FloodHydroStats. Read full description ## CPV classification Research and development consultancy services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/7e6dd9f7-a429-4d0f-b086-21ae2fbd415e) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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