It was identified within the Business Case for our Natural Flood Management Project that delivery on the ground will largely be through the deployment of Catchment Advisors into the priority sub-catchments. Following on from the success of our pilot project, Catchment Advisors will be engaging with landowners and communities to help advise them on how they can implement NFM measures on their land.

A council compliant procurement exercise has been completed for Catchment Advisors, this decision is to award the contract. The tender is for the period of 1 September 2022 (anticipated contract commencement date) to 31 March 2027 and the tender price is £499,852.

The amount of PMO support required for this Project is minimal and likely to be up to 1 day per month.