Expired contract

tNCEA - NBN Atlas Accelerator 2025-26

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): National Biodiversity Network Trust
Value: £98,770
Duration: 8 months
Topic: Environmental monitoring other than for construction
Published: 7 August 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The overall aim of the contract is to build on the work completed via the MoA (above) which facilitated major enhancements to the NBN Atlas, including the launch of Access Controls. This requirement is to develop the strong foundation and further accelerate the NBN Trust’s work to enhance the value of the NBN Atlas to the UK conservation community by: • enhancing the NBN Atlas platform to increase data quality, improve access controls, and expand data mobilisation capabilities while maintaining compatibility with the existing Living Atlas architecture • enable delivery of the NBN Atlas Strategy, informed by stakeholder needs, to guide future development. ## Contract award Title: tNCEA - NBN Atlas Accelerator 2025-26

Timeline

Completed: Award published7 August 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date7 August 2025
Completed: Contract expiry date31 March 2026

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

90711500 · Environmental monitoring other than for construction

Decision makers

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