Awarded contract

Citizen Science Local Pilots- Lot 1- Northumbria

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Natural England
Supplier(s): DigVentures Ltd
Value: £247,888
Topic: Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published: 21 November 2023
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The focus of this work is on enabling and facilitating coordinated, purposeful studies of nature and the environment by members of the public, that benefit participants and usefully inform and help evaluate decisions, actions and interventions. The four pilots will be procured under separate contracts with geographical coverage mapping to Natural England regions: • Lot1- Northumbria • Lot 2- West Midlands • Lot 3- Norfolk & Suffolk •Lot 4- Wessex Lot 1: The focus of this work is on enabling and facilitating coordinated, purposeful studies of nature and the environment by members of the public, that benefit participants and usefully inform and help evaluate decisions, actions and interventions. The four pilots will be procured under separate contracts with geographical coverage mapping to Natural England regions: • Lot1- Northumbria • Lot 2- West Midlands • Lot 3- Norfolk & Suffolk •Lot 4- Wessex

Timeline

Completed: Award date6 November 2023
Completed: Award published21 November 2023
Current notice

About the buyer

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a ministerial department that also buys through agencies such as the Environment Agency, the Rural Payments Agency and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. Suppliers register on the DEFRA eCommercial website, Atamis, to compete for contract opportunities across the department. Larger opportunities are advertised through the Find a Tender service under the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. DEFRA also procures goods and services through the Crown Commercial Service. Existing contracts and frameworks set up under the previous procurement regulations remain valid until they expire.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

73000000 · Research and development services and related consultancy services
90700000 · Environmental services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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