Find a TenderAwardedContract details notice
Published 9 Apr 2025, 09:39 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Common Standards Monitoring Surveys of invertebrate sand dune assemblages within the Humber Estuary Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)

Official notice

Authority: NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£24,000≈ £26k / year · £30,000 inc. VAT33.8% below published estimate
Submissions closed 27 Apr 2025awarded 30 Apr 2025
Awarded to Andy Godfrey Associates
Contract term 11 moends 20 Mar 2026 · extension options published · starts 5 May 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Surveys of invertebrates associated with sand dunes within the Humber Estuary SSSI, using Common Standards Monitoring sampling protocols. The survey sites are Spurn Peninsula (East Yorkshire), Humberston Dunes (North East Lincolnshire), Donna Nook (Lincolnshire), Saltfleet (Lincolnshire), with 4 sampling locations at each site.

CPV: Environmental services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 11 moSMEPublished value£24,000
Contract period: 5 May 2025 – 20 Mar 2026 (11 mo)Value: £24,000 exc. VAT · £30,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: Yorkshire & HumberEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Quotes for the full project specification will be evaluated first, but if there is insufficient budget then the contract may be reduced in scope to cover either Spurn Peninsula or the 3 Lincolnshire sites.

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored

Lot awarding rule: Full details can be found within the RFQ.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
9 Apr 2025, 09:39 BST
Last source update
21 May 2025, 11:58 BST
Authority reference
Humber/Inverts/03
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-013838
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Environmental services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ff4d Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
27 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
Electronic submission
Not allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

To apply for this opportunity you must submit your quotation meeting the requirements detailed in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) attached.

Your response must be sent to morwenna.christian@naturalengland.org.uk by 12 midday on 27 April 2025.

If you have any clarification questions linked to this opportunity or the procurement process please submit these via email to morwenna.christian@naturalengland.org.uk. Please note that, unless commercially sensitive, both the question and the response will be circulated to all tenderers.

Timeline

9 Apr 2025 → 21 May 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    9 Apr 2025, 09:39 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    27 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    5 May 2025, 00:00 BST
  4. Latest notice published
    21 May 2025, 11:58 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Apr 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    9 Apr 2025, 09:39 BST
    UK4
  2. Tender notice published
    11 Apr 2025, 14:29 BST
    UK4
  3. Contract details notice published
    21 May 2025, 11:58 BST
    UK7
  4. Status changed to complete
    21 May 2025, 11:58 BST
Published amendments (1)

added Clarification to Bidders Questions document

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £15,8851 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 30 Apr 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Andy Godfrey AssociatesSME£15,885 †—Awarded

Contracts

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Natural England

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PJDG-6588-XDMM Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, London, SW1P 4DFContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Andy Godfrey AssociatesAwarded supplier Bence Lane, Barnsley, Yorkshire & Humber, S755DAContact email

Official documents & specifications (7)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
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