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# Stacking of nature market credits

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/stacking-of-nature-market-credits-ocds-h6vhtk-03efe0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Defra Network eTendering Portal: "Stacking of nature market credits". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 18 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Defra Network eTendering Portal](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/defra-network-etendering-portal-GB-FTS-99321)
- **Published Value:** £1 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 18 September 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **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
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/stacking-of-nature-market-credits-ocds-h6vhtk-03efe0#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03efe0`

## 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-03efe0#tl-md)

## Description
The Nature Markets Framework, published in March 2023, sets out the principles required<br/>to ensure environmental integrity while combining multiple ecosystem service revenue<br/>streams from a single intervention r (stacking), but Defra is yet to make a decision on<br/>whether to increase the number of circumstances where stacking is allowed in nature<br/>markets. There lacks a sound evidence base to inform this decision, and it is unclear what<br/>stacking model would be most effective at delivering Defra’s environmental and private<br/>finance ambitions as well as the effect on costs to developers within our compliance markets<br/>(biodiversity net gain and nutrient neutrality). This research is a critical enabler to deliver on<br/>Defra’s commitment to provide clarity to landowners on the ability to stack credits on their<br/>land that was set out in the Nature Markets Framework.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 66152000, 73000000, 73210000, 79310000, 79311400, 90713000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £1

- **Contract Period:** 15/10/2023 to 31/03/2024

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 030723-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Ove Arup and Partners Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-186781`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 030723-2023-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 30/03/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F030723-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-10-18T10:37:47.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T23:51:39.816Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03efe0