PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Monitoring groundwater microbial communities (operational practice)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · published 12 Nov 2025. 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 ID7e80c71e-6e34-47ea-b7bb-a4e84f018b43-871904
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-d89d1b6b-c504-4682-a71f-a0cc8a8725d7
Buyer identifierGB-GOR-D7
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
£92,778
award field
Tender value
£92,778
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
73200000
Research and development consultancy services
Delivery
United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The ultimate purpose of this work is to establish a reliable and efficient protocol for eDNA collection and analysis of microbes contributing to the broader understanding of groundwater ecosystems. Contract awarded by Defra.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release12 Nov 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published16 Nov 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published17 Nov 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2027
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 company IDCharity-linked register record

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)

The published identifier resolves to UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY (Active).

11314957Charity Commission context: UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY
SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 12 Nov 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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