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Monitoring groundwater microbial communities (operational practice)
Authority: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS
CPV: Research and development consultancy services (73200000)
Published contract value£92,778Exc. VAT
Contract ends 31 Mar 2027
Awarded to UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
Contract starts 17 Nov 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe ultimate purpose of this work is to establish a reliable and efficient protocol for eDNA collection
and analysis of microbes contributing to the broader understanding of groundwater ecosystems. Contract awarded by Defra.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Buyer reference
- C31934
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- No
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Selective
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision10 Nov 2025
- Notice published12 Nov 2025
- Contract starts17 Nov 2025
- Contract ends31 Mar 2027
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRSContracting authority
- Identifier
- D7 · GB-GOR
Suppliers named on the notice
- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)Supplier
- Identifier
- 11314957 · GB-COH
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- Large
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-d89d1b6b-c504-4682-a71f-a0cc8a8725d7-2025-11-12T15:11:35Z
- Published
- 12 Nov 2025
- Latest update
- 12 Nov 2025
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-d89d1b6b-c504-4682-a71f-a0cc8a8725d7
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-d89d1b6b-c504-4682-a71f-a0cc8a8725d7-1