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British Geological Survey Licence 2026

No classification published
Location not published
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS: "British Geological Survey Licence 2026". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRSScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
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Published history for DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
2.6Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
BT PLCTop vendor: 65.5% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 157 active published awards; 9 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
BT PLC1 win£113,044
University of Reading1 win£28,013
Hazel Bees Consulting Ltd1 win£21,000
Pack IDS Ltd1 win£10,500
Spacehive1 win£1
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published9 Apr 2026, 12:05 BST
Last source update9 Apr 2026, 12:05 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-066be0
What is being bought
This is a data licence required for the Defra Group. This data can only be purchased from British Geological Survey who are the sole providers. The data licence provides the use of a number of British Geological Survey (BGS) data layers which include multiple geology and groundwater datasets.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    9 Apr 2026, 12:05 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    17 Mar 2026, 11:36 GMT
  3. Status changed to complete
    17 Mar 2026, 10:50 GMT
  4. Official notice release published
    17 Mar 2026, 10:50 GMT
  5. Buyer information updated
    17 Mar 2026, 10:50 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    9 Apr 2026, 12:05 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 30 Mar 2026, 00:00 BST · £247,103
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Jeol (U.K.) Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
British Geological Survey Licence 2026
£247,103 · signed 30 Mar 2026, 00:00 BST · active
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST — 31 Mar 2027, 23:59 BST
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PNBD-3289-CDGX
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  • DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PNBD-3289-CDGX
    Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, UKI32, SW1P 4DF, GB
    procurement@defra.gov.uk

  • British Geological Survey (BGS)
    supplier

    GB-PPON: PDQJ-7126-JDHG
    Nicker Hill, Keyworth, UKF16, NG12 5GG, GB
    businessdevelopment@bgs.ac.uk
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied

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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThis is a data licence required for the Defra Group. This data can only be purchased from British Geological Survey who are the sole providers. This is therefore a compliant STA under Schedule 5: 5. The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract— (a)due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works. And 6. The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract— (a)due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works. The data licence provides the use of a number of British Geological Survey (BGS) data layers which include multiple geology and groundwater datasets.