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Published 28 Apr 2025, 15:54 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Peatland Restoration Standard and Technical Guidelines for England and Wales

Official notice

Authority: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UKLondon (UKI)
Budget not disclosed£0exc. VAT
Submissions closed 27 May 2025awarded 9 Sept 2025
Awarded to Bidwells2 awards
Contract term 2 yrsends 23 Jun 2027 · extension options published · starts 23 Jun 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Peatlands are the world’s largest terrestrial carbon store. When in good condition, these habitats store carbon, as well as providing other ecosystem services. But degraded peatlands are a source of carbon emissions, in the UK this is in the region of 15 MtCO2e each year (2022). Peatlands support a unique but threatened biodiversity, with only peatlands in good or recovering condition supporting the full range of typical peatland species. The restoration of peatland habitats is therefore critical for achieving net zero commitments in and for meeting statutory targets around biodiversity and habitat.

This research project seeks to expand our evidence base when considering ‘what good looks like’ for peatland restoration projects. These findings will be used to test and develop a peatland restoration standard (what works, and what we should be aiming for in terms of restoration outcomes) alongside new technical guidelines for the sector

CPV: Research and development consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 2 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£0
Contract period: 23 Jun 2025 – 23 Jun 2027 (2 yrs)
Delivery: LondonEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Can be extended due to potential early break clauses based on milestone decision dates
73200000 Research and development consultancy services

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
How bids were scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical Envelope: 70%
  • Commercial Envelope: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical Envelope: The overall aim of the evaluation process is to select the Tender that is the most economically advantageous to the Authority, having regard to the Authority’s overall objectives and the criteria set out below. The Authority will carry out its evaluations of the Technical and Commercial elements according to the criteria, sub-criteria and weightings set out in the table below: The Authority will carry out its evaluations of the Technical/Quality (70%), and Commercial (30%) elements according to the criteria, sub-criteria and weightings set out in the tender documents.
  • Commercial Envelope: The overall aim of the evaluation process is to select the Tender that is the most economically advantageous to the Authority, having regard to the Authority’s overall objectives and the criteria set out below. The Authority will carry out its evaluations of the Technical and Commercial elements according to the criteria, sub-criteria and weightings set out in the table below: The Authority will carry out its evaluations of the Technical (70%), and Commercial (30%) elements according to the criteria, sub-criteria and weightings set out in the tender documents.
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
28 Apr 2025, 15:54 BST
Last source update
9 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 13 Jun 2025
Authority reference
C30027
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-017391
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Research and development consultancy services
Delivery area
UKLondon (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050897 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Defra Group eSourcing
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free
Submission deadline
27 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
20 May 2025, 14:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Timeline

28 Apr 2025 → 9 Sept 2025 · 6 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    28 Apr 2025, 15:54 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    20 May 2025, 14:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    27 May 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by
    13 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts
    23 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
  6. Latest notice published
    9 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Apr 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    28 Apr 2025, 15:54 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract details notice published
    9 Sept 2025, 16:55 BST
    UK7
  3. Status changed to complete
    9 Sept 2025, 16:55 BST
  4. Contract details notice published
    9 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £562,3051 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Contracts signed 2latest 9 Sept 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Bidwells£562,305 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded
Bidwells£562,305 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Peatland Restoration Standard and Technical Guidelines for England and Wales · Bidwells

    Signed
    9 Sept 2025
    Value
    £562,305
    Period
    10 Sept 2025 – 28 Jul 2027
    Status
    active

  • Peatland Restoration Standard and Technical Guidelines for England and Wales · Bidwells

    Signed
    9 Sept 2025
    Value
    £562,305
    Period
    10 Sept 2025 – 28 Jul 2027
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PNBD-3289-CDGX Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, London, SW1P 4DFContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Bidwells LLPAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PZCB-5879-YWYR Bidwell house, Trumpington Road,, Cambridge, East of England, CB2 9LDContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender