Awarded contract

National Water Vole Monitoring Programme

Details

Buyer: Natural England
Supplier(s): PEOPLE's TRUST FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES
Value: £25,000
Duration: 6 months
Topic: Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published: 5 October 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

This is a partnership project between Natural England and People's Trust for Endangered Species, the purpose of which is to improve understanding of the ecology and distribution of water vole via an annual monitoring scheme, surveyor training, engaging with landowners on best practice management and public awareness and engagement. This is to be funded by approved RDEL for Species Abundance Target Evidence Monitoring ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published5 October 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date5 October 2026
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2027in 5 months

About the buyer

Natural England is a non-departmental public body. Procurement queries can be directed to Natural England's own procurement support team, or to Defra's central procurement contact, depending on the enquiry. Successful bidders must supply a Dun & Bradstreet DUNS number before a contract is confirmed.

Over the past 5 years, most of Natural England's contract awards have been in research and development, waste, cleaning and environmental services and architectural and engineering services.

Decision makers

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