# Sustainable Drainage Technical Support

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [East Sussex County Council](/buyers/east-sussex-county-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: ARDENT CONSULTING ENGINEERS LIMITED
- Award value: £240,000
- Tender value: £240,000
- Award date: 28 June 2023
- Published: 29 October 2025
- Contract start: 1 June 2023
- Contract end: 30 June 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 2e535a28-2cb6-435a-b13d-445ba7a8a30a-869693
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-39dbcb65-267f-4358-a972-efdf399c2c57

## Description

This contract has been extended from 1 June 2024 to 31 May 2025 and from 1 June 2025 to 31 May 2026\. East Sussex County Council is the Lead Local Flood Authority for its administrative area\. Currently, this means that it is, amongst other things, has a statutory duty to respond to consultations on major planning applications with surface water drainage\. \(General Development Management Procedure Order 2015 \(Schedule 4 Consultations before the grant of permission category ZE\)\) In practice this means that the LLFA comments on the drainage design and local flood risk implications \(surface water, ground water and ordinary watercourse\) of new development\. This will include pre-app consultations by developers or Local Planning Authorities \(LPAs\), consultations on applications for outline, reserved matters, or full planning permission\. It also included consultations on the discharge of conditions and any application to vary conditions of a permission\. We are looking to contract in order to fill two roles: 1\. Drainage Officer 2\. Principal Drainage Officer The tender will be conducted via the Proactis Procurement Portal - https://supplierlive\.proactisp2p\.com/Account/Login

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2e535a28-2cb6-435a-b13d-445ba7a8a30a-869693)