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title: "Action for Bats"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06df0f"
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buyer: "Natural England"
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# Action for Bats

Buyer: Natural England  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06df0f

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## Summary

Natural England commissioned services to support the UK’s conservation of bat species. The work covers annual bat species action plan reporting, delivery of priority actions, monitoring and surveillance linked to the Environmental Improvement Plan and Environment Act targets, coordination of the annual UK Bat Steering Group, and submission of survey results to the National Biodiversity Network. It also contributes to the National Bat Monitoring Programme, which supports reporting under the Habitats Regulations and the requirements of the Habitats Directive. The buyer is Natural England, a central government public authority. Services are delivered across the United Kingdom. The procurement is for environmental services, including ecological monitoring, conservation programme delivery, biodiversity data management and stakeholder coordination.

This procurement has been awarded and the tender is complete. Natural England used a direct award below the applicable threshold, without competition. One service lot was awarded to The Bat Conservation Trust. The contract was signed on 1 April 2026 and runs from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027. Its value is £50,000 gross, in GBP. The contract is active. The selected supplier is responsible for the full Action for Bats requirement, including reporting, priority action delivery, bat monitoring and surveillance, steering group coordination and biodiversity data submission. The arrangement was evaluated through a non-competitive below-threshold route rather than an open tender, and the published outcome identifies a single specialist supplier.

This award demonstrates demand from Natural England for specialist, nationwide bat conservation services combining field monitoring, surveillance, action planning and formal environmental reporting. A credible future competitor would need practical expertise in bat ecology and species conservation, the capacity to coordinate activity across the United Kingdom, and the ability to deliver reliable annual reporting against government environmental targets. Relevant capability also includes organising multi-organisation governance through a national steering group, managing survey programmes and quality-assuring biodiversity data for submission to the National Biodiversity Network. Experience supporting Habitats Regulations or Habitats Directive reporting, and understanding how monitoring evidence informs statutory environmental duties, would strengthen a supplier’s position. The requirement suits an organisation able to combine ecological fieldwork, conservation delivery, data management and public-sector stakeholder coordination at national scale.

## Notice

Through this agreement the Bat Conservation Trust (BCT) will undertake annual bat species action plan reporting, deliver on those priority actions, undertake the required monitoring and surveillance for these bat species as per the Environmental Improvement Plan and the Environment Act targets, co-ordinate the annual UK Bat Steering Group and input results of surveys on to the National Biodiversity Network. The project contributes towards the National Bat Monitoring Programme (NBMP), a primary mechanism for gathering data for Habs Regs 9a reporting to fulfill the requirements of the Habitats Directive.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075277-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Apr 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £50,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Natural England |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | 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 |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | THE BAT CONSERVATION TRUST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

### Codes

- 90700000 - Environmental services

## Release History

- 7 Aug 2026 at 12:41 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075277-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075277-2026
  7th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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