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Planned procurement: NATURAL ENGLAND - ECS6 Framework (GBP 100,000,000)

UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API Authoritative source Published 22nd October 2026 United Kingdom

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What the source reported

Source-reported

Planned procurement notice published on UK Find a Tender by NATURAL ENGLAND. Procurement: ECS6 Framework. Description: The ECS6 Framework is a flexible procurement tool used by Natural England and other Defra group bodies to contract in services from vetted and approved Suppliers. The Framework is due to launch on 1st August 2027 and will operate over a 7-year period, with a 1-year option to extend. ECS6 will follow on from the current Environment, Training, Advice and Facilitation (ETAF) Framework and will suppor Category: services. Value: GBP 100,000,000 (stated tender value).

Publication
UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API · Government/Regulator
Published
22nd October 2026
Original report
find-tender.service.gov.uk

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What ProcIntel recorded

ProcIntel-derived
Category
Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography
United Kingdom
Organisations
None identified
Collected
22nd October 2026 · 16:23

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 1 · Low
Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Low (15.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Impact-Scale Specificity (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (39/100, data sufficiency: Insufficient). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (40.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (0.0/20 points). Capped at 39 (Low) -- insufficient structured evidence to support a higher Confidence reading, regardless of source authority.

Strongest contributor
Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Impact-Scale Specificity