Awarded contract

ES RDE 120 - Updating the assignment of MHC and EUNIS classification biotopes t

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): PML Applications Ltd
Value: £19,745
Duration: 4 months
Topic: Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published: 21 September 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

JNCC Self-Service Direct Award. JNCC would like to update and refine the biogeographic applicability of the Marine Habitat Classification for Britain and Ireland (MHCBI) and EUNIS biotope communities, used in the MarLIN MarESA sensitivity assessments, for offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). This is to ensure sensitivity evidence is applied only where ecologically appropriate and avoiding precautionary advice driven by broad sensitivity ranges rather than true biogeographic relevance. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published21 September 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date21 September 2026
Next: Contract expiry date8 January 2027in 3 months

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

Decision makers

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