Timeline[3]
TEAM2100 procurement timeline:
- November 2012 – Thames Estuary Plan published
- September 2013 – Bidding commences for Delivery Partner contracts; market briefing and engagement commences
- October 2013 – Close of bidding for Delivery Partner contracts
- October 2013 – November 2014 – Competitive Dialogue process for Delivery Partner contracts
- November 2014 – Delivery Partner contracts awarded to CH2M (now Jacobs) and Balfour Beatty
- March 2025 – conclusion of TEAM2100 program
Overall program timeline:
- Phase 1: Up to 2035. TEAM2100 comprises the first 10 years. This includes: maintain and improve current flood risk management assets including walls gates, embankments and pumping stations. Work with communities to develop visions for their future riversides identify and protect land needed for future improvements to flood defences and monitor how the estuary is changing
- Phase 2: 2035 to 2050: raise existing flood walls, embankments and smaller barriers
- Reshape the riverside through development, to improve flood defences, create habitat and improve access to the river. Determine the preferred option for the future Thames Barrier
- Phase 3: 2050 to 2100: Develop and implement the selected option for the future Thames Barrier
- Adapt other flood risk management assets to work alongside this to protect the estuary
- The Thames Barrier is expected to continue to protect London to its current standard up until 2070. The plan identifies different options for improving or replacing the Thames Barrier. Because it is an adaptive plan, the decision on the final option is unlikely to be made until around 2040.