Collaboration on EXPLORE project Outcome Measures
Buyer: NATURAL ENGLAND
- Published
- 2 January 2026
- Estimated value
- £45,000
- Place of performance
- UK
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Lots
- 1
- Notice number
- 000076-2026
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-05fed4
- Official source
- Official source
CPV codes
- 73110000Research services
Description
This agreement has a value of £45,000 and is between Natural England and the University of Exeter, to support the development of EXPLORE. The contract will run from the 30th November 2025 until the 31st March 2027. EXPLORE is a fully developed IT solution to support strategic decision-making by local authorities. It uses health, wellbeing, nature and sustainability as the common targets for almost all local government work. It has been codeveloped with local authorities, and will be published in Spring 2026. EXPLORE has four domains. These represent the final outcomes from almost all local authority activity and are Health, Wellbeing, Nature and Sustainability. To support Local Authorities in planning for these domains EXPLORE has three components. These are OUTCOME MEASURES (quantitative measure of current progress in each domain), FACTOR MAPS (diagrams show most of the things which influence outcomes) and HORIZON SCANNING. EXPLORE will support Local Authorities to do rapid and holistic planning supporting the government’s development agenda. Under the Procurement Act 2023, this direct award is justified as ‘due to an absence of competition for technical reasons and provided ther…
Awards
| Awarded to | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|
| University of Exeter | — | — |
Official publications
- FTS · 000076-2026 · 2 January 2026
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