PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

RDE981 - MPAs at risk from water quality pressures

Natural England · published 20 Jan 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID4066a685-65cd-4f94-a7c1-f4e26ce692ae-879953
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-edb7b150-938d-438e-b9d5-12b59c512ff6
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-323303
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£49,265
award field
Tender value
£49,265
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
73200000
Research and development consultancy services
Delivery
British Oversea Territories
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

To identify those MPAs where action taken at source (i.e upstream of the MPA) to reduce sediment, nutrient and contaminant inputs will have the greatest impact on the condition of MPA features. Contract awarded by Defra.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release20 Jan 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published11 Dec 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published12 Dec 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2026
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

The Marine Biological Association of the UK

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 20 Jan 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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