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Soil Sample Metabarcoding for Natural England's Long Term Monitoring Network 2025 - 2026

Natural England · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 5 Oct 2026, 03:56.

Opportunity overview

This project is to analyse soil samples collected from a range of sites and time points by Natural England's Long Term Monitoring Network using metabarcoding. The project will deliver raw and taxonomically assigned data on bacteria and fungi within the samples, along with meta-data and reporting sufficient to ensure analyses are fully repeatable. As the soil samples originate from a longer term monitoring programme this project should aim to produce data comparable with previous metabarcoding analyses, as detailed in the specification.

Awarded to

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UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

Matched by number
Contract value
£35k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
9 Jan 2026
Including VAT
£42k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH RC000667
Location
Sheffield, UKE32, S10 2TN, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
NE011225SSM
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Natural England
Id
GB-PPON-PJDG-6588-XDMM

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PJDG-6588-XDMM

Address

Street Address
Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1P 4DF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI32

Contact

Name
Matthew Shepherd

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
Id
GB-COH-RC000667

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
RC000667

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PXDP-7327-GWHT

Address

Street Address
Firth Court, Western Bank
Locality
Sheffield
Postal Code
S10 2TN
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKE32

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
73111000
Description
Research laboratory services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-RC000667
Name
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Status
active
Above Threshold
No
Date Signed
9 Jan 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
12 Jan 2026, 00:00
Ends
25 Mar 2026, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
41,952.12
Amount
34,960.1
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
006139-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
23 Jan 2026, 12:00
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1P 4DF · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 006139-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·