Notice Information
Notice Title
Soil Sample Metabarcoding for Natural England's Long Term Monitoring Network 2025 - 2026
Notice Description
This project is to analyse soil samples collected from a range of sites and time points by Natural England's Long Term Monitoring Network using metabarcoding. The project will deliver raw and taxonomically assigned data on bacteria and fungi within the samples, along with meta-data and reporting sufficient to ensure analyses are fully repeatable. As the soil samples originate from a longer term monitoring programme this project should aim to produce data comparable with previous metabarcoding analyses, as detailed in the specification.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05ebd8
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006139-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - open competition
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
-
- CPV Codes
73111000 - Research laboratory services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £49,500 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- £49,500 Under £100K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £34,960 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 15 Dec 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 9 Jan 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 12 Jan 2026 - 25 Mar 2026 1-6 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NATURAL ENGLAND
- Contact Name
- Matthew Shepherd
- Contact Email
- matthew.j.shepherd@naturalengland.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 4DF
- 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
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006139-2026
23rd January 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082292-2025
12th December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078446-2025
1st December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
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