Scope
Reference
NE071025TIM
Description
In order to arrange a SSSI monitoring survey, Natural England contacts all owners of land within the site boundaries and requests permission to access their land where it falls within the SSSI. We also aim to contact all occupiers of land within the SSSI, where we have their contact details, to inform them of our intention to survey and ask for their cooperation. The first step in this process is identifying the landowner and, where relevant, the occupier (jointly referred to as the landholders) and their associated contact details.
This contract will identify the landholders and their associated contact details across three sets of priority SSSIs. The first priority comprises 29 SSSIs, covering 47,262ha of land. The second priority comprises a maximum of 64 SSSIs, covering a maximum of 23,702 ha of land. The third priority comprises 23 SSSIs covering 28,782 ha of land. Please clearly cost for these three lots of work individually as part of the whole project costings.
During this process, the contractor will:
At all times adhere to Natural England's GDPR policy (as outlined above) and use suitable file protection and secure sharing protocols throughout, as agreed with Natural England.
Use all potential sources of information to collate and/or obtain all up-to-date tenure information and landholder contact details for each SSSI (sites to be confirmed by Natural England on award of the contract).
Produce Arc-GIS compatible tenure maps and shapefiles of each SSSI, along with an 'Access Contacts for Surveyors' spreadsheet which can be cross referenced with each other.
Total value (estimated)
- £32,000 excluding VAT
- £40,000 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 24 November 2025 to 27 February 2026
- 3 months, 4 days
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 71354100 - Digital mapping services
Contract locations
- UK - United Kingdom
Participation
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Submission
Tender submission deadline
4 November 2025, 9:00am
Submission address and any special instructions
To apply for this opportunity you must submit your quotation meeting the requirements detailed in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) attached.
Your response must be sent to protectedsites.contracts@naturalengland.org.uk by 9:00 on 04/11/2025.
If you have any clarification questions linked to this opportunity or the procurement process please submit these via email to protectedsites.contracts@naturalengland.org.uk. Please note that, unless commercially sensitive, both the question and the response will be circulated to all tenderers.
Tenders may be submitted electronically
No
Award criteria
Full details available in the RFQ.
Procedure
Procedure type
Below threshold - open competition
Documents
Associated tender documents
Request for Quotation.docx
RFQ
Order Form NE Standard Goods & Services Terms and Conditions ).docx
Order Form
LIT 63284 - Guided Buying Commercial Response Template Basic.docx
Commercial Response
Contracting authority
Natural England
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PJDG-6588-XDMM
Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom
Contact name: Penelope Pomroy
Region: UKI32 - Westminster
Organisation type: Public authority - central government