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title: "Training for Great Crested Newt (GCN)"
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# Training for Great Crested Newt (GCN)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/training-for-great-crested-newt-gcn-ocds-h6vhtk-067dea). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Environment Agency: "Training for Great Crested Newt (GCN)". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Environment Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/environment-agency-gov-ea199)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKK24
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £10,404 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/training-for-great-crested-newt-gcn-ocds-h6vhtk-067dea#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-067dea`

## 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/training-for-great-crested-newt-gcn-ocds-h6vhtk-067dea#tl-md)

## Description
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

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Training for Great Crested Newt (GCN) (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **ARC Ecological Services Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PTHJ-7325-LPDL`
  - Value: £10,404 (exc. VAT)

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F031912-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-08T11:50:18.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T17:52:11.737Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-067dea