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# Ecological Services Framework (EcoSF) 4

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ecological-services-framework-ecosf-4-ocds-h6vhtk-03eeaa). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Environment Agency: "Ecological Services Framework (EcoSF) 4". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £18,000,000. 4 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Environment Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/environment-agency-gov-ea199)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £18,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Environmental services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03eeaa`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ecological-services-framework-ecosf-4-ocds-h6vhtk-03eeaa#tl-md)

## Description
The Ecological Services Framework 4 (EcoSF4) will allow the Environment Agency, Natural England and other Defra Group organisations, to use approved contractors to carry out technical and regulatory work. It will cover a range of freshwater and coastal ecological services, including, but not limited to, specialist macroinvertebrate services, habitat and species surveys and evaluation, river restoration, geomorphology, habitat creation and fish passage design.

## Lots (4)
### Lot Lot 1: Specialist macroinvertebrate services
- **Lot id:** `Lot 1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 90700000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** •	Surveys of macroinvertebrates, including field survey and <br/>         sample collection <br/>•	Macroinvertebrate species identification and appropriate <br/>        enumeration <br/>•	Formal quality assurance procedures for survey and <br/>      ...

### Lot Lot 2: Survey services, including evaluation reports and report writing for habitats
- **Lot id:** `Lot 2`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 90700000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** For freshwater, estuarine, coastal, intertidal and terrestrial habitats and species. <br/>•	Habitat surveys and reports, including baseline <br/>        assessments, post-project appraisal and ecological <br/>        monitoring<br/>•	Species surveys ...

### Lot Lot 3: River restoration, geomorphology and habitat creation services
- **Lot id:** `Lot 3`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 90700000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** •	Geomorphological investigation design, including <br/>        general principles for survey design, <br/>        recommendations for specific surveys, and pre- and <br/>        post-project appraisal<br/>•	Desk based geomorphological assessments an...

### Lot Lot 4: Fish passage design services
- **Lot id:** `Lot 4`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 90700000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Fish passage feasibility and detailed design, for the full range of fish passage options, for European eel, migratory and non-migratory salmonids and all coarse fish species.<br/><br/>Additional services such as Biodiversity Net Gain assessment for f...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F023401-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-08-10T12:38:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T17:26:33.664Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03eeaa