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# Research on Costs of INNs Impacts

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/research-on-costs-of-inns-impacts-ocds-h6vhtk-04f6ff). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS: "Research on Costs of INNs Impacts". Published status: complete. Published Value: £0. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: defra-family.force.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-gov-d7)
- **Published Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 22 April 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research and development consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKI
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £29,582 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/research-on-costs-of-inns-impacts-ocds-h6vhtk-04f6ff#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04f6ff`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/research-on-costs-of-inns-impacts-ocds-h6vhtk-04f6ff#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [defra-family.force.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdefra-family.force.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/research-on-costs-of-inns-impacts-ocds-h6vhtk-04f6ff#participate

## Description
1. Overview of Requirement 1.1 Background Invasive non-native species (INNS) are one of the top threats to global biodiversity, cost the British economy around £2 billion a year, and can harm human health and interfere with our way of life. While terrestrial invasive non-native species are a serious issue, aquatic non-native species are particularly invasive and, once established, can be impossible to eradicate and extremely costly to manage. A 2016 report estimated the cost of INNS to the UK water industry as at least £7.5 million per annum, a figure expected to rise as increasing numbers of invasive species arrive in the country. This report provided a series of recommended measures for water companies to reduce the impacts of INNS, covering prevention, management, control and eradication. Following this report, the water industry has implemented measures to limit future costs, maintain services, and help protect the environmen

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73200000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £0

- **Contract Period:** 11/05/2025 to 12/05/2026

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Cambridge Environmental Consulting Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-155476`
  - Value: £29,582 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Research on Costs of INNs Impacts (active)
  - Signed Value: £29,582
  - Signed Date: 17/07/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010535-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-23T16:06:54.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T18:12:10.585Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04f6ff