Official UK procurement notice
Biodiversity Units Sale Agreement - Keele
Authority: Stoke-on-Trent City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPurchase of Biodiversity Units. The seller proposes to create a Habitat Bank Scheme pursuant to the Conservation Covenant on the Property and fund the creation and on-going management and maintenance of the Habitat Bank scheme through disposal of Biodiversity Units.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Jan 2026, 11:02 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 Jan 2026, 12:39 GMT
- Authority reference
HDG/2025/947- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-005264- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060ac3Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Urgency
- Published justification
Schedule 5. Section 41.
Urgency
13 Where-
(a) the goods, services or works to be supplied under the public contract
are strictly necessary for reasons of extreme and unavoidable
urgency, and
(b) as a result the public contract cannot be awarded on the basis of a
competitive tendering procedure
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Jan 2026- Transparency notice published21 Jan 2026, 11:02 GMTUK5
- Contract details notice published21 Jan 2026, 12:39 GMTUK7
- Contract signature expected22 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN EARTH BIODIVERSITY BANK LIMITED, Green Earth Developments (Group) LimitedSMEjoint award31 Jan 2026 – 31 Jan 2056 | £285,990 | — | Awarded |
| Green Earth Developments (Group) LimitedSME | £24,486 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Biodiversity Units Sale Agreement - Keele · GREEN EARTH BIODIVERSITY BANK LIMITED, Green Earth Developments (Group) LimitedSME
- Signed
- 18 Dec 2025
- Value
- £285,990
- Period
- 31 Jan 2026 – 31 Jan 2056
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: The nature of the contract is such that performance cannot be accurately measured by Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-bound (SMART) targets
Biodiversity Units Sale Agreement - Keele · Green Earth Developments (Group) LimitedSME
- Signed
- 18 Dec 2025
- Value
- £24,486
- Period
- 31 Jan 2026 – 31 Jan 2056
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- GREEN EARTH BIODIVERSITY BANK LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- GREEN EARTH DEVELOPMENTS (GROUP) LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender