Official UK procurement notice
Trialling Innovative Technologies and Volunteer Survey Delivery Models to Enhanc
Authority: NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal)·On behalf of: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract will research and further develop online volunteer survey models. It builds on experimental work in 2024/25 which engaged and enabled over 1,000 volunteers enhance habitat maps using remote sensed data. The approach leverages 'Deep Time,' a citizen mapping platform that generates accurate, actionable data to support investments in and monitoring of landscape recovery projects for both Natural and Cultural Heritage Capital.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Sept 2025, 15:00 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Oct 2025, 10:35 BST
- Authority reference
C30218- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-065818- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0597b1Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Intellectual Property
- Risks
Failure of Mapping system
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
22 Sept 2025 → 16 Oct 2025 · 2 dates- Standstill ends22 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published377 days ago16 Oct 2025, 10:35 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Sept 2025- Transparency notice published10 Sept 2025, 15:00 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published11 Sept 2025, 09:21 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected23 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published16 Oct 2025, 10:35 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DigVentures LtdSMEVCSETrialling innovative technologies and volunteer survey delivery models to enhance the identification and monitoring of natural capital assets23 Sept 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 | £150,000 | 18 Jul 2025standstill to 22 Sept 2025 | Standstill |
| Dig venturesVCSE | £150,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Trialling innovative technologies and volunteer survey delivery models to enhanc · Dig venturesVCSE
- Signed
- 23 Sept 2025
- Value
- £150,000
- Period
- 24 Sept 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRSBeneficiary authority
- DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRSProcess contact pointProcuring entityManaging procurement of project
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- DIGVENTURES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- Dig venturesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender