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Published 10 Oct 2025, 08:30 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Biodiversity Net Gain Framework – Market Sounding

Official notice

Authority: Leeds City Council (Local council)

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£800,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 5 Jan 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 8 yrsends 1 Apr 2034 · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Leeds City Council (the “Council”) is looking into a potential procurement option to put in place future contractual arrangements for suitably qualified and experienced organisations to deliver habitat enhancement and management across multiple sites city wide on behalf of Leeds Habitat Company delivering Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG). To support this, the Council would like to gain information from the market regarding a number of issues related to the potential procurement exercise. You are therefore invited to consider the programme requirements detailed in this document and complete the attached questionnaire to give us your feedback on the proposed approach.

CPV: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services · Endangered species protection services · Environmental management · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Environmental services · Forest conservation strategy planning · Horticultural services · Land rehabilitation work · Landscaping work · Natural resources management or conservation strategy planning services · Tree-maintenance services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
8 yrs from 1 Apr 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “Biodiversity Net Gain Framework – Market Sounding” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
10 Oct 2025, 08:30 BST
Last source update
10 Oct 2025, 08:30 BST
Authority reference
104088
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-063971
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural servicesEndangered species protection servicesEnvironmental managementEnvironmental planningEnvironmental protectionEnvironmental servicesForest conservation strategy planningHorticultural servicesLand rehabilitation workLandscaping work
+2 moreNatural resources management or conservation strategy planning servicesTree-maintenance services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE42)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ac42 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

10 Oct 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published382 days ago
    10 Oct 2025, 08:30 BST
  2. Market engagement367 days ago
    25 Oct 2025, 00:59 BST
  3. Tender notice expected294 days ago
    5 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts209 days ago
    1 Apr 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    10 Oct 2025, 08:30 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Leeds City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJYG-6658-PPMY Civic Hall, 3rd Floor West,, Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber, LS1 1URContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure