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title: "DAERA - AFBI - Deep Carbon Stock Assessment - Soil Nutrient Health Scheme"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/daera-afbi-deep-carbon-stock-assessment-soil-nutrient-health-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-04b676"
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# DAERA - AFBI - Deep Carbon Stock Assessment - Soil Nutrient Health Scheme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/daera-afbi-deep-carbon-stock-assessment-soil-nutrient-health-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-04b676). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute: "DAERA - AFBI - Deep Carbon Stock Assessment - Soil Nutrient Health Scheme". Published status: active. Published Value: £140,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Dec 2024, 15:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/agri-food-and-biosciences-institute-GB-PPON-PBLN-5294-NVHZ)
- **Published Value:** £140,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 December 2024 at 15:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Agricultural and forestry machinery for soil preparation or cultivation, Analysis apparatus, Detection and analysis apparatus, Instruments for checking physical characteristics, Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/daera-afbi-deep-carbon-stock-assessment-soil-nutrient-health-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-04b676#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04b676`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/daera-afbi-deep-carbon-stock-assessment-soil-nutrient-health-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-04b676#tl-md)

## Description
This contract is to provide detailed farm level and depth specific belowground carbon stock covering 1 metre soil depth for 250 farms in Northern Ireland. This requires collection of mechanically sampled soil cores up to a depth of 1 m across 250 field sites, and analyses of total carbon in segments of 15 cm increments within multiple extracted cores from each field.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 16100000, 38400000, 38430000, 38432000, 90000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £140,000
- **Description:** This contract is to provide detailed farm level and depth specific belowground carbon stock covering 1 metre soil depth for 250 farms in Northern Ireland. This requires collection of mechanically sampled soil cores up to a depth of 1 m across 250 fie...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F036865-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-11-14T14:23:39.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T12:13:56.085Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04b676