Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 8 Jul 2026, 15:22 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Carbon Offsetting and Consultancy Services

Authority: LUPC Ltd (Public body)

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£0pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 2 Nov 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 2 yrsends 10 Apr 2029 · up to 10 Apr 2031 with extensions · starts 12 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

LUPC is looking to retender the Carbon Offsetting and Validation Services framework which is a national offering to all members of UKUPC. The retender will be the second iteration of the offering. We are seeking feedback from the market as to the best way to achieve Member objectives for reducing carbon emissions with a view to being cost effective and without risk to UKUPC Members. We are also looking to strengthen our offering for Members on Scope 2 and 3 reporting, understanding and developing their internal processes and procedures to ensure Members are fully cognisant of their obligations to reduce carbon emissions and fully realise a net zero contribution. Interested parties should complete the feedback form here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/w7aHWnbyVL ↗ Please note we have not included a value against this PME notice as this will become clearer nearer to tender stage. It should also be noted we have specific terms of trade and obligations for this tender and we will only be entering into a contract on these terms and will not negotiate or agree to terms outside of these. Further information will be given at tender stage.

CPV: Environmental issues consultancy services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 12 Apr 2027

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSME
Contract period: 12 Apr 2027 – 10 Apr 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 10 Apr 2031 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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
  • “Carbon Offsetting and Consultancy Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How LUPC Ltd buys Environmental management (CPV 9071), and who usually turns up

LUPC Ltd’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Environmental management (CPV 9071) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerLUPC Ltd · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 0 of 1 known-size awards · market: CPV 9071 · UK-wide, n=20
0 of 130%

No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no winner locations published · market: CPV 9071 · UK-wide, n=9
—22%

No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in Greater London.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 3 decided notices · market: CPV 9071 · UK-wide, n=8
82 days52 days

Half of these awards were announced within 82 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 2 procurements with awards; rival share unknown · market: CPV 9071 · UK-wide, n=13
—23%

Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer14 lots with bid counts · all categories
0% had one bid
The market37 lots with bid counts · CPV 9071 · UK-wide
5% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid0% / 5%
Buyer: 0 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 37 lots with published bid counts.
2–314% / 19%
Buyer: 2 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 7 of 37 lots with published bid counts.
4–621% / 30%
Buyer: 3 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 11 of 37 lots with published bid counts.
7+64% / 46%
Buyer: 9 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 17 of 37 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.

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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 907124 monthsSME suitableNo real estimate
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 36 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet6% single-bid risk
Past bids on 36 similar lots
1 bid6%
2 of 36 similar past lots received 1 bid (6%).
2–317%
6 of 36 similar past lots received 2–3 (17%).
4–644%
16 of 36 similar past lots received 4–6 (44%).
7+33%
12 of 36 similar past lots received 7+ (33%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 6 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
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
8 Jul 2026, 15:22 BST
Last source update
8 Jul 2026, 15:22 BST
Authority reference
PFB5108 LU
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-064324
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Environmental issues consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c6a3 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

8 Jul 2026 → 12 Apr 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published104 days ago
    8 Jul 2026, 15:22 BST
  2. Market engagement80 days ago
    31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST

    Interested parties should complete the feedback form here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/w7aHWnbyVL ↗

  3. Today
    20 Oct 2026
  4. Tender notice expectedin 14 days
    2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 174 days
    12 Apr 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    8 Jul 2026, 15:22 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

London Universities Purchasing Consortium

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PNVT-3763-LBZD 5th Floor, Pinnacle House, 23-26 St Dunstan’s Hil, London, London, EC3R 8HNContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure