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Ecology Consultant

Buyer: Thurrock Council →

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BuyerThurrock Council
StatusClosed
Deadline29 Aug 2025
Value£28,000
Published8 Aug 2025

What is being bought

To undertake bat and Barn Owl surveys and provide advice and support at Coalhouse Fort to enable upcoming activities and future planning

Delivery location

UKH32, GB

Categories

Research and development services and related consultancy services 73000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£28,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Oct 2025 to 31 Dec 2026
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Research and development services and related consultancy servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 73. The category anchor is Research and development services and related consultancy services (73000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 732,8063 median · 27.6 average (990 of 2,806 with a bid count)2.5 average (1,119 of 2,806 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKH321Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)195Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0583d7
Latest release ID047111-2025
Latest release timestampFri Aug 08 2025 07:45:31 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047111-2025
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2025-08-29T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2025-08-21T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsTenders must be submitted electronically on our e-tendering portal. Please register at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/thurrockcouncil
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£28,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
8 Aug 2025tender047111-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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