Official UK procurement notice
High-Level Conservation Measures for Targeted Nutrient Neutrality Sites
Authority: NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCollation of High-Level Conservation Measures for Targeted Nutrient Neutrality Sites
CPV: Environmental services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal) buys Environmental services (CPV 9070), and who usually turns up
NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal)’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Environmental services (CPV 9070) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Greater London (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 72 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid75%
2–30%
4–617%
7+8%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate71% / 17%
Within ±2%21% / 75%
Above estimate7% / 8%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 9070No real estimate
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 12 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid75%
2–30%
4–617%
7+8%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Swallowtail ConsultingEarlier contract | High Level Conservation Measures for the Wensum (Nutrient-Affected Features)ended Sept 2026 | — | £18k | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
54% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
54% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (54% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
High Level Conservation Measures for the Wensum (Nutrient-Affected Features) — held by Swallowtail Consulting; the published contract ends 11 Sept 2026.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 24 Jul 2026, 10:39 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Jul 2026, 10:39 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-070130- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d2e6Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
24 Jul 2026 → 30 Nov 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published95 days ago24 Jul 2026, 10:39 BST
- Contract starts18 days ago9 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Market engagementin 34 days30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
SUPPLIER INTEREST WEBINAR: Collation of High-Level Conservation Measures for Targeted Nutrient Neutrality Sites
DATE: Thursday 06 August 2026
TIME: 15:30 -16:30
Suppliers are invited to attend a webinar to gauge interest in a commission to help establish a high-level evidence base for potential, in-perpetuity conservation measures for the benefit of the following catchments affected by nutrient enrichment:
- River Lugg SAC
- River Axe SAC
- River Eden SAC
- River Itchen SAC
- Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/Ramsar
- Somerset Levels and Moors Ramsar.
The work is intended to inform the development of Environmental Delivery Plans (EDPs) under The Nature Restoration Fund (NRF).
The NRF is intended to support strategic, large-scale action to address environmental impacts arising from development, including nutrient enrichment affecting protected sites. Within nutrient neutrality catchments the NRF provides an opportunity to identify and prioritise durable, landscape-scale conservation measures that deliver long-term ecological improvement and help restore the integrity and resilience of internationally important habitats and species.
Indicative Format of tender
This commission is expected to take the form of a single open tender made up of six separate lots relating to each catchment. Suppliers can bid for just one lot, or multiple lots if they wish.
Anticipated scope of work
- High-level list of evidenced conservation measures suitable for each catchment area
- Simple opportunity map showing the collated measures
To register your interest in attending this webinar
Please email NatureRestorationFund@defra.gov.uk by 5pm on Tuesday 4 August, including the following details:
- Your name/s (a maximum of two representatives per organisation may attend)
- The name of your company or organisation
- Contact email address(es) for a Microsoft Teams webinar joining link to be sent to
Please note that the Authority reserves the right to not proceed to invitation to tender stage.
Natural England (NE) is the Government’s advisor on the natural environment. It provides practical advice, grounded in science, on how best to safeguard England’s natural wealth for the benefit of everyone. Natural England’s remit is to ensure sustainable stewardship of the land and sea so that people and nature can thrive. It is our responsibility to see that England’s rich natural environment can adapt and survive intact for future generations to enjoy.
Further information about the Authority can be found at: Natural England.
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Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published24 Jul 2026, 10:39 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRSContracting authorityPublic authority - central government
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender