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title: "tNCEA - Citizen Science Integrated Survey Design"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-054341"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS"
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# tNCEA - Citizen Science Integrated Survey Design

Buyer: DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-054341

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## Summary

The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, alongside Natural England, is in the planning stage of a tender titled "tNCEA - Citizen Science Integrated Survey Design." This procurement is in the services category, specifically focusing on survey services, with the aim to develop integrated surveys for monitoring environmental change. The project, located in London, is structured to involve nested demonstration projects across urban and landscape areas during 2026-2028. The planning stage includes key milestones, such as a preliminary market engagement due by 12 June 2025, and the contract period is set to begin on 28 July 2025, concluding on 28 February 2026. This tender falls under the legal framework identified by UKPGA 2023/54.

This procurement process presents substantial opportunities for businesses that specialise in survey services, environmental monitoring, and citizen science initiatives. Given its focus on collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders, including volunteers, the tender is well-suited for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs) with expertise in deploying survey methodologies and fostering public engagement. Businesses capable of contributing innovative solutions for integrated survey design can leverage this opportunity for growth, tapping into an emergent market that aims to enhance monitoring efficiencies at both local and national levels.

## Notice

Natural England, on behalf of Defra and the NCEA programme, are working to design and test Integrated Surveys for monitoring. The goal is to combine a range of accessible survey approaches and methods, considering how these should be deployed in unison to achieve greater survey participation, capacity, capability and a greater result in terms of both science & evidence insight and public engagement. The evidence gathered through this collaborative monitoring approach will contribute valuable understanding to the quick detection of pressures and environmental change and inform adaptive management. The surveys are designed to provide wider direct & in-direct benefits than would be possible using each method alone. The surveys should be capable of being understood and deployed as a coherent whole, with their components providing a range of different opportunities and approaches to contribute to that whole, e.g. with different levels of skill, knowledge, commitment or availability requirements. Surveyors, primarily volunteers, will be able to contribute in different ways, at different times and through different organisations and be supported to understand the overall aim and how their efforts are contributing to it. The aim is to trial the Integrated Surveys with convened stakeholders in 6 locally delivered nested demonstration projects (3 urban, 3 landscape scale) in 26-28. These 6 projects will provide a collaborative survey network, working together to integrate their learning and evidence to improve the way we monitor the state and value of nature and the environment at a local scale, as well as combining to contribute towards useful insight and assessment at regional and national scales. We believe this approach can achieve a more efficient and effective cost benefit for local and national stakeholders than is currently the case. Initially this work will engage and exploit experience and practice among existing environmental organisations operating across the country. The result though will be more accessible to a wider range of groups, organisations and individuals not yet engaged with environmental citizen science or assessment.

### Planning Information

N/A

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030112-2025 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Jun 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 13 Jun 2025 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 27 Jul 2025 - 28 Feb 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS |
| Additional buyers | NATURAL ENGLAND |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 4DF |
| 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 | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79311000 - Survey services

## Release History

- 5 Jun 2025 at 09:03 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030112-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030112-2025
  5th June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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