tNCEA England Ecosystem Survey Soil Sampling and Assessment Survey 2025-26

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
28 April 2025 to 31 March 2026

Delivery of soil sampling and assessment surveys across up to 150 monads as part of a wider 500-monad national ecosystem survey programme. The work involves technical field data collection and analysis to support environmental monitoring requirements.

Open the official notice

Awarded value: £1.6m; As published
Published: 21 February 2025; Find a Tender
Awarded: 16 May 2025; Jacobs
Contract length: 11 months; Ends 31 March 2026

What the buyer is asking for

Provision of environmental consultancy and soil sampling services for large-scale ecological monitoring and ecosystem assessment programmes.

Lifecycle

Publishedon Find a Tender
21 February 2025
Contract awardedto Jacobs
16 May 2025
Contract starts
28 April 2025
Contract ends
31 March 2026

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40× the typical habitat condition assessment contract (£40k).

Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/1737298/tncea-england-ecosystem-survey-soil-sampling-and-assessment-survey-2025-26
Buyer reference: C29031
Source: Find a Tender
Last checked: 12 October 2026

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. tNCEA England Ecosystem Survey Soil Sampling and Assessment Survey 2025-26. Contract award, 21 February 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/1737298/tncea-england-ecosystem-survey-soil-sampling-and-assessment-survey-2025-26 (accessed 12 October 2026).