Published date: 26 June 2018

This notice was replaced on 26 July 2018

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Opportunity (published 26 July 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Analysis services - 71620000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_172515/684472

Published date

26 June 2018

Closing date

31 July 2018

Contract start date

30 August 2018

Contract end date

15 March 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Long-term Monitoring Network (LTMN) comprises 37 sites, mainly on National Nature Reserves, in England, where a wide range of environmental parameters are being monitored with the aim of detecting long-term changes in biodiversity and ecosystem function associated with climate change, pollution and land management. A suite of soil parameters are included in this monitoring to enable interpretation of above and below-ground environmental changes and to indicate long-term changes in soil characteristics, functions and biodiversity.

For the monitoring year 2018-2019 all sites where soils monitoring is required will have their fieldwork and sampling carried out by Natural England staff and volunteers. This contract therefore requires no fieldwork, and relates to sample processing, analysis and reporting of results only.

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About the buyer

Address

17 Nobel House
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Telephone

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Email

network.procurement@defra.gsi.gov.uk