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Buyer profile · Central government
Natural England tenders and contracts
Official name on notices: NATURAL ENGLAND
- Tenders published
- 148
- About one every 2 days
- Contracts awarded
- 172
- To 139 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £5.92m
- 163 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £25k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 13
- 27 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £33kestimated
- £50kestimated
- £18kestimated
- £25kestimated
- £21kestimated
- £20kestimated
- £22kestimated
- £20kestimated
- £50kestimated
- £15kestimated
- £50kframework ceiling
- £749kestimated
- £50kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £100mframework ceiling
- Value not stated
- £9mframework ceiling
- £0.01estimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 13 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
What its tenders ask for
Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)76%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)10%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)1%
- Direct award (no competition)14%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Natural England has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 22 days
- Shorter than 98% of central government buyers
- Based on 148 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 76%
- Higher than 78% of central government buyers
- Based on 198 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 66%
- Higher than 80% of central government buyers
- Based on 169 winning suppliers
- Split into lots
- 1%
- Lower than 64% of central government buyers
- Based on 148 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 14%
- Lower than 75% of central government buyers
- Based on 198 procurements
- Cancelled
- 6%
- Higher than 77% of central government buyers
- Based on 148 tenders
Compared with other central government buyers
Natural England: 22 days
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 0 |
| 20–25 days | 6 |
| 25–30 days | 31 |
| 30–35 days | 32 |
| 35–40 days | 8 |
| 40–45 days | 5 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
Natural England: 76%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 33 |
| 10–20% | 24 |
| 20–30% | 21 |
| 30–40% | 9 |
| 40–50% | 8 |
| 50–60% | 11 |
| 60–70% | 7 |
| 70–80% | 9 |
| 80–90% | 10 |
| 90–100% | 19 |
Natural England: 66%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 3 |
| 10–20% | 5 |
| 20–30% | 13 |
| 30–40% | 18 |
| 40–50% | 33 |
| 50–60% | 27 |
| 60–70% | 22 |
| 70–80% | 7 |
| 80–90% | 12 |
| 90–100% | 5 |
Each column is a group of central government buyers with similar figures. The coloured column holds Natural England.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.