Official UK procurement notice
Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme
Authority: NATURAL ENGLAND (Central government)·On behalf of: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value £103,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 15 Sept 2026no call for competition
Awarded to UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe primary aim of the agreement is to continue the long-term monitoring program of contaminants in birds of prey, known as the Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS). The agreement sets out to continue a core program of sample collection and analysis (specifically, post-mortems and reporting on the impact of avian influenza on the PBMS).
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
- 16 Sept 2026, 08:54 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Sept 2026, 08:54 BST
- Authority reference
C35287- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06faab
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £103,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Sept 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme · UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- Signed
- 15 Sept 2026
- Value
- £103,000
- Period
- 18 Sept 2026 — 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2x12 monthly extensions
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published16 Sept 2026, 08:54 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 manager this procurement on behalf of Natural EnglandView profile →
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- UK Centre for Ecology & HydrologyAwarded supplierView supplier profile →
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender