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ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03eb89"
title: "Stacking of nature market credits"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/stacking-of-nature-market-credits-ocds-h6vhtk-03eb89"
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# Stacking of nature market credits
Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/stacking-of-nature-market-credits-ocds-h6vhtk-03eb89). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.
> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Defra Network eTendering Portal: "Stacking of nature market credits". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £150,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Defra Network eTendering Portal](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/defra-network-etendering-portal-GB-FTS-99321)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £150,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Economic research services, Environmental issues consultancy services, Financial market regulatory services, Market research services, Research and development services and related consultancy services (+2 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03eb89`
## 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/stacking-of-nature-market-credits-ocds-h6vhtk-03eb89#tl-md)
## Description
The Nature Markets Framework, published in March 2023, sets out the principles required to ensure environmental integrity while combining multiple ecosystem service revenue streams from a single intervention (stacking).
Defra is yet to develop policy on whether to increase the number of circumstances where stacking is allowed in UK nature markets. There lacks a sound evidence base, and it is unclear what stacking model would be most effective at delivering Defra’s environmental and private finance ambitions as well as the effect on costs to developers within our compliance markets (biodiversity net gain and nutrient neutrality).
This research will seek to provide Defra with an understanding of the empirical theory and evidence on stacking and is expected to provide insight into the impact of different stacking models on economic, environmental, and wider social outcomes. The research should provide specific consideration to ecosystem service measurement challenges, additionality issues, the interaction between voluntary and compliance market schemes, and variations in nature market rules.
## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 66152000, 73000000, 73210000, 79310000, 79311400, 90713000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022094-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-07-31T08:02:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T22:42:12.031Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03eb89