Official UK procurement notice
Provision of an Ecological Data Centre
Authority: The North Yorkshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNorth Yorkshire Council requires access to accurate contemporary ecological data and GIS support to assist in delivering the following statutory and legislative duties:
Production of a new Local Plan; Provision of ecological support to planning applications, Duties related to the Environmental Information Regulations; Duties related to the Environmental Act 2021; Maintenance of accurate data in relation to Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINCs); Compiling the Single Data List.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Sept 2025, 14:19 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Nov 2025, 09:53 GMT
- Authority reference
179-NYC-EN- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-073033- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059509Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Section 41 - Direct Award in Special Cases. The following justification applies. Schedule 5, Paragraph 5, Single Suppliers: The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract: (a)due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Sept 2025- Transparency notice published5 Sept 2025, 14:19 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected29 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published12 Nov 2025, 09:53 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire & Humber Ecological Data Trust (T/A North and East Yorkshire Ecological Data Centre)VCSE6 Oct 2025 – 5 Oct 2029 · up to 30 Sept 2030Extensions: one optional 12 month extension | £378,625 | — | Awarded |
| Yorkshire & Humber Ecological Data Trust (T/A North and East Yorkshire Ecological Data Centre)VCSE | £378,625 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Yorkshire & Humber Ecological Data Trust (T/A North and East Yorkshire Ecological Data Centre)VCSE
- Signed
- 6 Oct 2025
- Value
- £378,625
- Period
- 6 Oct 2025 – 5 Oct 2029 · up to 30 Sept 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- x1 optional 12 month extension.
No agreed KPIs: Contract not above £5m
Contract 2 · Yorkshire & Humber Ecological Data Trust (T/A North and East Yorkshire Ecological Data Centre)VCSE
- Signed
- 6 Oct 2025
- Value
- £378,625
- Period
- 6 Oct 2025 – 5 Oct 2029 · up to 5 Oct 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- x1 optional 12 month extension.
No agreed KPIs: Not above £5m
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender