Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal) · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Kantar Public UK Ltd t/a Verian
- Value
- £1,493,206.68
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Waste, cleaning & environmental · Environmental services (CPV 90700000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 002270-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Dec 2023
- Published23 Jan 2024Published 53 days after the contract date
Description
Natural England (NE) who is working in partnership with Defra and Natural Resources Wales (NRW) wish to appoint a single supplier who can deliver three different surveys. These are The Adults’ People and Nature Survey for England (A-PaNS), the Children’s People and Nature Survey for England (C-PaNS) and the People and Nature Survey for Wales (PaNS Wales). All surveys will be supported by complementary mixed-methods research to aid understanding, interpretation and survey development.
About the supplier
Kantar Public UK Ltd t/a Verian: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 13663077).