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Training for Great Crested Newt (GCN)

Buyer: ENVIRONMENT AGENCY →

BuyerENVIRONMENT AGENCY
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published8 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Training provided by an experienced great crested newt (GCN) ecologist required to enable our staff to have an understanding of GCN survey and help to enable them to be added as registered users for our organisational licence, which allows us to survey GCN. Understanding of GCN ecology and survey techniques and increased addition as registered persons to our organisational licence issued by Natural England. - Biodiversity teams have a responsibility to respond on permits that we issue and capital schemes being developed to ensure protected species are considered and where necessary mitigation provided on our own works if impact cannot be avoided This is part of our EA duties under regulation activities we are responsible for - There has been a high turnover of biodiversity staff in the last few years and loss of experienced officers and ecological experience. It is difficult to recruit ecologists into the team and therefore, new officers have no experience in GCN surveying. The training is necessary to create resilience again within teams and provide business support which is required

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Comparable-procurement analytics

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Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

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Related procurements

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Awards

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Source data inventory

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OCIDocds-h6vhtk-067dea
Latest release ID031912-2026
Latest release timestampWed Apr 08 2026 11:50:18 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methoddirect
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - without competition
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
8 Apr 2026award, contract031912-2026

All source data

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
8 Apr 2026 · 031912-2026 · award, contract
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