Official UK procurement notice
Lower Aire SSSI project — UK public procurement notice
Authority: ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (Public body)·On behalf of: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£60,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 28 Sept 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCreation of 0.88 hectares of reed at the RSPB’s Fairburn Ings Reserve; the excavated material will be moved to higher ground on part of the site known as Big Hole.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Awarded
90700000 Environmental services
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award — no call for competition
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 29 Sept 2026, 07:47 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2026, 07:47 BST
- Authority reference
C35490- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077bef
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £60,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Sept 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Society for the Protection of Birds | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Lower Aire SSSI project · Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
- Signed
- 28 Sept 2026
- Value
- £60,000
- Period
- 29 Sept 2026 — 15 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published29 Sept 2026, 07:47 BSTUK7
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRSProcuring entityDefra Group Commercial will manage the procurement on behalf of the Environment Agency
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Royal Society for the Protection of BirdsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender