Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Natural England · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Lotek UK Ltd SME
- Value
- £6,011
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Sector
- Laboratory & precision equipment · Global navigation and positioning systems (GPS or equivalent) (CPV 38112100)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Feb 2025
- Published12 Jun 2025Published 115 days after the contract date
Description
This contract will provide the GPS tags to be owned by Natural England and to be subsequently loaned out to a third party to study Turtle Doves in the 2025/26 breeding season. Defra's Agri-environment schemes include both the existing Environmental Stewardship, Countryside Stewardship, and the newer Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and Landscape Recovery. Natural England's Agri-environment team is working closely with farmers and landowners to use the schemes offered by DEFRA to deliver nature recovery at a landscape-scale. Understanding how species respond to Agri-environment actions is crucial to target investment properly. Turtle doves are a Red-Listed species and a species of European Conservation Concern (Vulnerable). Kent holds one-third of the UK's population and more than any other individual county. The project aims to investigate turtle dove use of agri-environment schemes in the Low Weald area including hedges and scrub creation for nesting and roosting, agri-environment…
About the supplier
Lotek UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02895873).