Natural England is the executive non-departmental public body sponsored by Defra, responsible for protecting and improving England's natural environment, headquartered in York with offices nationwide. It procures ecological and environmental surveys, scientific research, land-management contracts, agri-environment programme delivery and digital and mapping services in support of National Nature Reserves, Sites of Special Scientific Interest and biodiversity recovery.
At a glance
Natural England has awarded £33.7m across 330 suppliers, with 232 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 9% · 247 open notices now · 4 awards in last 90 d (£1.4m) · SME share 55% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 15 modifications in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
Natural England is the executive non-departmental public body sponsored by Defra, responsible for protecting and improving England's natural environment, headquartered in York with offices nationwide. It procures ecological and environmental surveys, scientific research, land-management contracts, agri-environment programme delivery and digital and mapping services in support of National Nature Reserves, Sites of Special Scientific Interest and biodiversity recovery.
Spend profile
Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.
Contract pipeline
Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.
Planned
17
Open (bidding)
247
Awarded (90d)
4
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 232 live
All contracts with a published award notice where Natural England is the contracting authority.
Top suppliers · by total award value
Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.
Category spend breakdown
By CPV division · lifetime awards
Activity heatmap
Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.
Commercial & procurement leadership
Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.
Curated leadership roster
Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.
Modifications · 15 in 90 d
Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.
Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging
We see 15 notices tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.
Compliance & transparency
FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.
FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion
Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.
SME & social value
Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.
target 33%
Peer benchmark
vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.
Compare against the peer group
£149 / seat / month. Configurable peer groups, rolling trendlines, and CSV / PDF exports for board packs.
News mentions
Major UK press & trade publications.
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Statutory & accountability
Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.
Identifiers & contact
- Type
- Contracting authority
- Region
- UKI32
- Contact
- Jaclyn Lake
- jaclyn.lake@naturalengland.org.uk
Board & accountable officers
Accountable officer + board roster
Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.
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