ES RDE 096 - Statistical Advice for Improving Marine Monitoring and Classificat

Official notice

Authority: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Central government)

Below threshold - award under framework

Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Awarded value£12,612published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 10 Aug 2026

Awarded to HiDef Aerial Surveying

What is being bought

Published requirement description

JNCC self-service direct award.

JNCC wishes to commission a contract to review and advise on the multivariate statistical method to create biotope clusters from species community data in R as part of updates to the Marine Habitat Classification of Britain and Northern Ireland (MHCBI).

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Below threshold - award under framework
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Call-off under a framework
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 18 Aug 2026, 16:21 BST
Last source update: 18 Aug 2026, 16:21 BST
Authority reference: C35065
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-078689
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e6e3 Find a Tender

Related procedures1

Call-off under framework Environmental Science Research, Development and Evidence (ES RDE) Framework

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Contract details notice published
18 Aug 2026, 16:21 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £12,6121 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 10 Aug 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
HiDef Aerial SurveyingSME	£12,612 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

ES RDE 096 - Statistical Advice for Improving Marine Monitoring and Classificat · HiDef Aerial SurveyingSME
Signed
10 Aug 2026
Value
£12,612
Period
12 Aug 2026 – 15 Oct 2026
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PNBD-3289-CDGX Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, London, SW1P 4DFContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

HiDef Aerial Surveying LtdAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PLLR-6247-MMMT 62 Hamilton Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH3 5AZContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender18 Aug 2026, 16:21 BST