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title: "ETAFF AEMidlands03"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Natural England"
published: "2026-09-07"
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# ETAFF AEMidlands03

Buyer: Natural England  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-5b9ee168-322d-4474-aefd-f8c65684829d

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## Summary

Natural England commissioned countryside and environmental training services for its Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier Advice Programme 2026/27. The requirement covers online events, providing advice and learning related to higher-tier countryside stewardship. The work is classified as environmental training services and is delivered for audiences in the East Midlands and West Midlands. Natural England is the buying organisation. The service is relevant to providers of online environmental education, agricultural or land-management advice, countryside stewardship support and related training delivery. It may also suit organisations able to design and run structured virtual events for land managers and other programme participants across the two Midlands regions.

This procurement is complete and has been awarded through a selective call-off from a framework agreement. The tender submission deadline was 4 August 2026 at 12:00. The contract period runs from 26 August 2026 to 31 March 2027. Natural England awarded the contract to Chris Seabridge & Associates Ltd on 27 August 2026. The awarded value is £159,050. The procurement is for services and was treated as an environmental training requirement. The opportunity was not suitable for SMEs or voluntary, community and social enterprises. The award covers the online-events requirement for the 2026/27 Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier Advice Programme in the East and West Midlands.

For suppliers that did not win this award, the procurement indicates established public-sector demand for online countryside stewardship advice and environmental training delivered across the Midlands. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need demonstrable expertise in higher-tier countryside stewardship, land-management or environmental advice, together with the ability to turn that knowledge into clear, effective online events. It would need sufficient delivery capacity to support programme participants across both the East and West Midlands, reliable virtual-event and communications capability, and experience of working with a public environmental body or comparable land-management audience. Access to the relevant framework route would also be important for competing for a similar call-off.

## Notice

Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier Advice Programme 2026/27: Online Events

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ddda24ca-cc43-4af1-a81e-ac6c2c0036bd |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 27 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 26 Aug 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £159,050 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £159,050 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Natural England |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 3JR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Chris Seabridge & Associates Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80540000 - Environmental training services

## Release History

- 7 Sep 2026 at 13:38 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ddda24ca-cc43-4af1-a81e-ac6c2c0036bd

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ddda24ca-cc43-4af1-a81e-ac6c2c0036bd
  7th September 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/a5a31abe-be90-4e6f-bed7-cab08a94fe16
  ETAFFAEMidlands03 Call-off Contract Award Letter Redacted

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