Find a TenderAwardedContract details notice
Published 20 May 2025, 18:10 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Control of Rhododendron at Roudsea Wood and Mosses NNR 2025/26

Official notice

Authority: NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdReserved: K02000001SME suitable
Published estimate£34,000£40,800 inc. VAT · 1 value update6.2% below published estimate
Submissions closed 13 Jun 2025awarded 19 Jun 2025
Awarded to Ecolab Ltd
Contract term 6 moends 19 Dec 2025 · starts 30 Jun 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Control of invasive species Rhododendron on Raised Bog Habitat on a National Nature Reserve Roudsea Wood and Mosses in South Cumbria.

CPV: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 6 moSMEPublished value£34,000
Contract period: 30 Jun 2025 – 19 Dec 2025 (6 mo)Value: £34,000 exc. VAT · £40,800 inc. VAT
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligible

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: see 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
20 May 2025, 18:10 BST
Last source update
26 Jun 2025, 09:04 BST
Authority reference
CRRWNNR25
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-023498
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
Delivery area
North West (UKD)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05198b Find a Tender
Contract terms
Reserved participation area
K02000001

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
13 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
Clarification deadline
10 Jun 2025, 17:00 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 jim.turner@naturalengland.org.uk by 17:00 on 13/06/2025.

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

Timeline

20 May 2025 → 30 Jun 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    20 May 2025, 18:10 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    10 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    13 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
  4. Latest notice published
    26 Jun 2025, 09:04 BST
  5. Contract starts
    30 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

9 events · 8 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 May 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    20 May 2025, 18:10 BST
    UK4
  2. Tender notice published
    21 May 2025, 08:54 BST
    UK4
  3. Tender notice published
    21 May 2025, 11:00 BST
    UK4
  4. Tender notice published
    23 May 2025, 11:13 BST
    UK4
  5. Tender notice published
    3 Jun 2025, 11:24 BST
    UK4
  6. Tender notice published
    9 Jun 2025, 14:06 BST
    UK4
  7. Tender notice published
    10 Jun 2025, 16:20 BST
    UK4
  8. Contract details notice published
    26 Jun 2025, 09:04 BST
    UK7
  9. Status changed to complete
    26 Jun 2025, 09:04 BST
Published amendments (5)

added technical specification attachments

amended typo

added clarifications to bidders questions document

updated Clarifications to Bidders Questions document

Updated Clarifications to Bidders Questions document & added access information to Procedure section

Routine re-releases (8)
  • 2025-06: 1 release · 3 Jun 2025
  • 2025-05: 4 releases · 20 May 2025, 23 May 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £31,8901 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Jun 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Ecolab Ltd£31,890 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Ecolab Ltd

    Signed
    19 Jun 2025
    Value
    £31,890
    Period
    30 Jun 2025 – 19 Dec 2025
    Status
    active

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 email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • ECOLAB LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 00649192GB-PPON: PYTQ-4748-QLXN Ecolab Limited, Northwich, North West, CW8 4DXContact email

Official documents & specifications (18)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

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Notices published for this procedure

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