Official UK procurement notice
Credit Purchase Agreement · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NORFOLK ENVIRONMENTAL CREDITS LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Contract Award Notice details the award of a contract pursuant to the negotiated procedure without prior publication because of competition being absent for technical reasons.
Norfolk Environmental Credits Limited generate, establish and sells nutrient mitigation credits to offset nutrient pollution generated by new residential developments. The services covered in this notice relate to the sale of temporary nutrient credits to offset the effects of nutrients from new development.
CPV: Environmental management
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Norfolk Environmental Credits Limited ('the Purchaser') is a collaboration between…Awarded
Norfolk Environmental Credits Limited ('the Purchaser') is a collaboration between Breckland Council, Broadland District Council, North Norfolk Council and South Norfolk Council. Wendling Beck OPCO LLP ('the Supplier') operates an environment project that provides an opportunity to offset increased phosphate and nitrate loading.
The Supplier and the local planning authority entered into a section 106 agreement dated 28 November 2024 (the 'S106 Agreement') which seeks to regulate the use of certain mitigation land at Wendling Beck, Gressenhall, Norfolk (as defined in the S106 Agreement as the 'Mitigation Land') so as to reduce the discharge of nitrogen and phosphorous from such mitigation land so that the reduction can be used to offset the effect of nutrients from new development which would affect designated habitats sites.
The S106 Agreement requires for the temporary nutrient neutrality credits to be generated in a specific geographical catchment area to apply to the new developments. In securing the services for the generation, establishment and sale of nutrient mitigation credits, the Purchaser has entered into an agreement with the Supplier in which the Purchaser acts as the Supplier's agent for the sale of temporary Phosphorous and Nitrogen credits.
At the time of the contract award, the Supplier is the only company which has demonstrated it is able to provide within an appropriate timescale a tradable nutrient benefit (Phosphorus and Nitrogen measured in kg/yr) in a specific area of the European protected sites as required by the legal framework and in which the Purchaser is seeking to secure the nutrient mitigation.
Accordingly, after due consideration, the Purchaser has decided to make a direct award to the Supplier pursuant to Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 on the grounds that competition is absent for technical reasons.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Apr 2025, 16:14 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Apr 2025, 16:14 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016858- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05072bFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
The S106 Agreement requires for the temporary nutrient neutrality credits to be generated in a specific geographical catchment area to apply to the new developments. In securing the services for the generation, establishment and sale of nutrient mitigation credits the Purchaser has entered into an agreement with the Supplier in which the Purchaser acts as the Supplier's agent for the sale of temporary Phosphorous and Nitrogen credits.
At the time of the contract award, the Supplier is the only company which has demonstrated it is able to provide within an appropriate timescale a tradable nutrient benefit (Phosphorus and Nitrogen measured in kg/yr) in a specific area of the European protected sites as required by the legal framework and in which the Purchaser is seeking to secure the nutrient mitigation.
The Purchaser has established that, due to the technical and legal requirements associated with the generation of nutrient benefit, and the specific geographical requirements of the S106 Agreement, there was no other reasonable alternative or substitute and that the absence of competition was not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.
Accordingly, after due consideration, the Purchaser has decided to make a direct award pursuant to Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 on the grounds that competition is absent for technical reasons.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| WENDLING BECK OPCO LLPSME | £1,800,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Credit Purchase Agreement · WENDLING BECK OPCO LLPSME
- Signed
- 14 Mar 2025
- Value
- £1,800,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Wendling Beck OPCO LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.