Official UK procurement notice
TfL Ecology Support Services Framework
Authority: Transport for London (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTransport for London (TfL) is establishing a multi-supplier framework agreement for the provision of ecological and arboricultural survey and advisory services across TfL's railway infrastructure, including known and potential areas of rare and/or protected species and statutory and non-statutory designated sites (such as Sites of Special Scientific Interest and Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation).
Services include, but are not limited to: Preliminary Ecological Appraisals; biodiversity baseline surveys using the statutory biodiversity metric and Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) statements; protected species and habitat surveys; invasive and injurious species surveys; Ecological Clerk of Works services; Ecological Impact Assessments; arboricultural feasibility surveys, impact assessments and method statements in line with BS 5837:2012 (or latest equivalent); the obtaining of protected species licences on behalf of TfL; and the provision of survey data in GIS-compatible formats, with data returned to TfL and to Greenspace Information for Greater London (GiGL).
The framework will require suppliers to provide TfL with full access to, and ownership of, the inspection and ecological data collected. Suppliers must hold appropriate professional memberships (such as CIEEM and the Arboricultural Association) and qualifications, including relevant protected species licences, and operatives will require London Underground certifications (including Sentinel Card with ICI-LUL endorsement) for work in the track environment.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Sept 2029, 23:59 BST.
- How the procedure runs: 1. Conditions of participation / selection stage 2. Initial tenders - first round of submissions against the published criteria 3. Negotiation / dialogue rounds - one or more rounds of structured discussion, demonstrations, site visits or refinement of solutions 4. Final tenders - submitted against the refined requirement 5. Assessment and award - against the MAT (most advantageous tender) criteria as published 6. Contract award notice + assessment summaries - to unsuccessful suppliers, triggering the 8-working-day standstill
CPV: Environmental engineering consultancy services · Environmental services · Forestry management services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Framework period
- 3 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Dec 2026
Published description of the framework
Transport for London (TfL) is establishing a multi-supplier framework agreement for the provision of ecological and arboricultural survey and advisory services across TfL's railway infrastructure, including known and potential areas of rare and/or protected species and statutory and non-statutory designated sites (such as Sites of Special Scientific Interest and Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation).
Services include, but are not limited to: Preliminary Ecological Appraisals; biodiversity baseline surveys using the statutory biodiversity metric and Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) statements; protected species and habitat surveys; invasive and injurious species surveys; Ecological Clerk of Works services; Ecological Impact Assessments; arboricultural feasibility surveys, impact assessments and method statements in line with BS 5837:2012 (or latest equivalent); the obtaining of protected species licences on behalf of TfL; and the provision of survey data in GIS-compatible formats, with data returned to TfL and to Greenspace Information for Greater London (GiGL).
The framework will require suppliers to provide TfL with full access to, and ownership of, the inspection and ecological data collected. Suppliers must hold appropriate professional memberships (such as CIEEM and the Arboricultural Association) and qualifications, including relevant protected species licences, and operatives will require London Underground certifications (including Sentinel Card with ICI-LUL endorsement) for work in the track environment.
Further competitions will be undertaken which will be specific to the support services required and quality / commercial options will be tailored to each call off.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Technical: 35%
- Quality: 15%
- Commercial: 30%
- Social value: 10%
- Safety, Health and Environment: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
- Technical: Methodology, skills, expertise, innovation and project management
- Commercial: Pricing
- Quality: Survey, inspection and data assurance processes
- Safety, Health and Environment: Health and safety practices and approach to working in hazardous environments
- Social value: Tailored Themes Outcomes and Measures (TOM's)
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “TfL Ecology Support Services Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Transport for London buys Environmental services (CPV 9070), and who usually turns up
Transport for London’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Environmental services (CPV 9070) →
How the contest usually goes
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in Greater London.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside Greater London.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 109 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid3% / 0%
2–319% / 24%
4–629% / 12%
7+48% / 65%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 9070Published estimate£500k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid1%
2–367%
4–619%
7+13%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitie Cleaning & Environmental Services LtdWorked for this buyer | Pan-TfL Cleaning and Associated Servicesnotice published Jan 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| VODAFONE LIMITEDWorked for this buyer | Provision of Air Quality Management Services for the Breathe London Air Quality Networknotice published Dec 2024 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £60m132 awards in 36m · last this month | 31 live · £19m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=27 | |
VODAFONE LIMITEDLarge | £178m40 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 13 live · £1.1m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=8 |
| £143m10 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 2 live · £35m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 16% above n=2 | |
WSP UK LimitedLarge | £487m119 awards in 36m · last this month | 45 live · £411m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=17 |
| £9.0m25 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 8 live · £7.7m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 6% below n=8 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Sept 2029
- First published
- 6 Nov 2025, 14:30 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Sept 2026, 11:21 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 20 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
WS2938590964- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-082423- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05dbeaFind a Tender
- How it runs
- Conditions of participation / selection stage
- Initial tenders - first round of submissions against the published criteria
- Negotiation / dialogue rounds - one or more rounds of structured discussion, demonstrations, site visits or refinement of solutions
- Final tenders - submitted against the refined requirement
- Assessment and award - against the MAT (most advantageous tender) criteria as published
- Contract award notice + assessment summaries - to unsuccessful suppliers, triggering the 8-working-day standstill
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via SAP Ariba- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Appointment period ends
- 1 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
TfL will be using its SAP Ariba portal to manage theprocurement which can be accessed through thefollowing link:
service.ariba.com/Supplier.aw ↗
(service.ariba.com/Supplier.aw ↗)
To access the tender, you will need to be registeredon this portal. If you encounter any problems,please contact:
Once registered on the SAP Ariba BusinessNetwork, you must then send your Ariba Network ID(ANID) with your completed Expression of Interestto the following email address:
with subject line "TfL Ecology Support Services Framework".
Timeline
6 Nov 2025 → 1 Dec 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published350 days ago6 Nov 2025, 14:30 GMT
- Tender notice published51 days ago1 Sept 2026, 07:10 BST
- Latest notice published50 days ago2 Sept 2026, 11:21 BST
- Next notice expected50 days ago2 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsin 10 days · period end, not a bid countdown1 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 29 days20 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 39 days1 Dec 2026
Notice history
9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Nov 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Nov 2025, 14:30 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 Sept 2026, 05:35 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published1 Sept 2026, 07:10 BSTUK4
- Published value updated1 Sept 2026, 07:10 BST
- Status changed to active1 Sept 2026, 07:10 BST
- Procurement method changed1 Sept 2026, 07:10 BST
- Deadline published: 1 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT1 Sept 2026, 07:10 BST
- Tender notice published2 Sept 2026, 11:21 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 1 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT2 Sept 2026, 11:21 BST+0 days · was 1 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Published amendments (2)
Changed the owner / contact person
Contact email address has been updated
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-11: 1 release · 6 Nov 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender