Notice Information
Notice Title
Request for Information- England Ecosystem Survey: Vegetation and Landscape Field Data Collection
Notice Description
Natural England are developing a specification for England Ecosystem Surveys: Vegetation and Landscape field data collection <br/>This data shall assist Natural England in developing the specification and to inform a potential procurement strategy. The data required to assist the development of the strategy includes:<br/><br/>- The biogeographical zones your organisation could cover<br/>- Any assumptions that have informed your estimation of how many monads could be surveyed over a three-month period<br/>-Detail on how you would resource the delivery of field surveys<br/>-Supplier capacity to deliver the surveys<br/>- Availability of staff with FISC/BSBI level 3, 4 and above botanical field skills, or equivalent experience<br/><br/>The procurement strategy and route to market is yet to be confirmed, however, the procurement is expected to be advertised before the end of November 2023 with an anticipated Contract start date of March 1st 2024. The data collected from the returned surveys shall be used to inform the requirement, procurement route and any other potential upcoming procurements. <br/><br/>The survey and draft specification is available upon request from dgc.NCEA.Commercial@defra.gov.uk or the attachment on the equivalent Contracts Finder notice. Please return the completed survey by 16:00 November 3rd 2023 to the aforementioned email address. <br/>Please note that this is an Expression of Interest and Request for Information only; a further notice shall be released once the procurement is advertised.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Planning and delivery of quality field surveys of a range of vegetation and landscape elements at targeted areas within a monad. The aim for 2024-25 is to carry out the surveys in 750 monads in total with an anticipated 250-400 monads contracted via the open tender route. However, this is subject to change. Additional information: Please note that this is an Expression of Interest and Request for Information only; a further notice shall be released once the procurement is advertised.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-040e6c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031274-2023
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
-
- CPV Codes
90700000 - Environmental services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Oct 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 27 Nov 2023Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NATURAL ENGLAND (DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL)
- Contact Name
- Lucy Coulson
- Contact Email
- lucy.coulson@defra.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 3JR
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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