Awarded contract

NCEA_EES Access Permissions 2027/28 surveys

Details

Buyer: Natural England
Supplier(s): Fera Science Ltd
Value: £409,293.02
Duration: 11 months
Topic: Environmental services
Published: 9 June 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Natural England is delivering several projects for the NCEA, the largest and most complex of which is the England Ecosystem Survey (EES). The aim of the EES is to get a true understanding of the condition of England’s terrestrial environment, and to do this we need to identify landowners and land users, and secure land access permission to carry out surveys on their land. This Contract is for a supplier to come in and obtain the above noted access permission. The surveys, which will be conducted under a separate contracting method to this contract, will collect data relating to habitats, vegetation, peat and landscape as well as soil and water biota eDNA and support Natural England’s earth observation programme. TO NOTE: The contract was awarded on 7 May 2026 and signed on 15 May 2026 with a start date of 1 June 2026. ## Contract award Title: .ES RDE 034_NCEA_EES Access Permissions 2027/28 surveys

Timeline

Completed: Award date7 May 2026
Completed: Award published9 June 2026
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2027in 6 months

About the buyer

Natural England is a non-departmental public body, and buys through its own eSourcing portal for organisations wanting to work with it. Registration on the portal is free, and suppliers can browse live opportunities without commitment. Contract awards and the documents behind them are published separately on Contracts Finder, the government's central register for public sector contract opportunities and awards. Procurement queries can be directed to Natural England's own procurement support team, or to Defra's central procurement contact, depending on the enquiry. Successful bidders must supply a Dun & Bradstreet DUNS number before a contract is confirmed.

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

Over the past 5 years, most of Natural England's contract awards have been in research and development, waste, cleaning and environmental services and architectural and engineering services.

Relevant CPV codes

90700000 · Environmental services

Decision makers

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