Awarded contract

ES RDE 077 - Particle Size Analysis of Centre for Seabed Mapping sediment sample

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): Natural Environment Research Council
Value: £16,898.2
Duration: 3 months
Topic: Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published: 21 September 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

JNCC Self-Service Direct Award. Goals • Undertake PSA in accordance with NMBAQC guidelines for biological assessments, with 5 % replication (Mason, 2016); • Provide results in a MEDIN compliment metadata spreadsheet and accompanying analysis report to describe the methods used. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published21 September 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date21 September 2026
Next: Contract expiry date18 December 2026in 1 month

About the buyer

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a ministerial department that also buys through agencies such as the Environment Agency, the Rural Payments Agency and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. DEFRA also procures goods and services through the Crown Commercial Service. Existing contracts and frameworks set up under the previous procurement regulations remain valid until they expire.

Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.

Decision makers

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