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Published 15 May 2025, 09:36 BST

Official UK procurement notice

tNCEA - Developing Resources and Infrastructure for Citizen Science

Authority: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdReserved for SMEs and VCSEsReserved: K02000001SME suitableVCSE suitable

Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Budget not disclosed£0£0 inc. VAT

Submissions closed 16 Jun 2025awarded 30 Jun 2025

Awarded to Axion Solutions Ltd2 awards

Contract term 8 moends 28 Feb 2026 · up to 31 Mar 2026 with extensions · starts 1 Jul 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

'The Natural Capital & Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA) Programme  is a transformative programme to understand the extent, condition and change over time of environmental assets across England's land and water environments (including marine), supporting the government's ambition to improve the environment within a generation. Using earth observation, professional surveyors, citizen scientists, membership organisations and legacy data, NCEA will build a highly detailed bank of assessments and integrated datasets. This contract, led by the Citizen Science team, works towards a more harmonised and collaborative approach to citizen science. The contract aims to develop a suite of Survey Frameworks which identify monitoring priorities and stakeholder goals and motivations, outlining what and why we should study nature and the environment. It will also serve to identify, collate and create a series of content to describe and share the best ava

CPV: Environmental monitoring other than for construction

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewal 8 moSMEVCSEPublished value£0

Contract period: 1 Jul 2025 – 28 Feb 2026 (8 mo) · up to 31 Mar 2026 with extensionsValue: £0 exc. VAT · £0 inc. VAT

Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Extensions: 1 Month extension is needed for any unforeseen situation. · 8 Months + 1 Month

90711500 Environmental monitoring other than for construction

Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1

Condition of participation
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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

Quality: 60%Price: 40%

Published sub-criteria (2)

Technical: 60%
Commercial: 40%

Published award criteria (2)

Technical
Commercial

Conditions of participation1

Condition of participation
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What this means for your bid

Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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: 15 May 2025, 09:36 BST
Last source update: 2 Jul 2025, 11:03 BST
Authority reference: C28995
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-021547
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV): Environmental monitoring other than for construction
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0513dc Find a Tender

Contract terms

Reserved participation area: K02000001

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: Defra Group eSourcing

Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed

Access & registration note: Free

Submission deadline: 16 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline: 2 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Submission channel: Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission: Allowed

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Timeline

15 May 2025 → 2 Jul 2025 · 5 dates

Tender notice published
15 May 2025, 09:36 BST
Clarification questions by
2 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Submission deadline
16 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Contract starts
1 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
Latest notice published
2 Jul 2025, 11:03 BST

Notice history

6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 May 2025

Tender notice published
15 May 2025, 09:36 BST
UK4
Tender notice published
16 May 2025, 13:24 BST
UK4
Contract award notice published
30 Jun 2025, 12:08 BST
UK6
Status changed to complete
30 Jun 2025, 12:08 BST
Contract details notice published
2 Jul 2025, 11:03 BST
UK7
Contract signature expected
4 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
scheduled

Published amendments (1)

NCEA Description

Routine re-releases (4)

2025-05: 1 release · 15 May 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £36,8101 award exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 33 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 1 Jul 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Axion Solutions LtdSME7 Jul 2025 – 28 Feb 2026 · up to 31 Mar 2026Extensions: To be confirmed · Options: To cover any residue.	£36,810	30 Jun 2025	Awarded
Axion Solutions LtdSME	£36,810 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded

Contracts

tNCEA - Developing Resources and Infrastructure for Citizen Science · Axion Solutions LtdSME
Signed
1 Jul 2025
Value
£36,810
Period
7 Jul 2025 – 28 Feb 2026 · up to 31 Mar 2026 with extensions
Status
active
Extensions
Residue
Options
Residue

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
3final-stage tenders	3	0	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PNBD-3289-CDGX Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, London, SW1P 4DFContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

NATURAL ENGLANDContracting authorityPublic authority - central governmentGB-PPON: PJDG-6588-XDMM London, LondonContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Axion Solutions LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 15823734 63 Mill Lane, London, London, NW6 1NBContact email, phone
Axion Solutions LtdAwarded supplier 63 Mill Lane, London, London, NW6 1NBContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender2 Jul 2025, 11:03 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender30 Jun 2025, 12:08 BST
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender16 May 2025, 13:24 BST
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender15 May 2025, 09:36 BST