AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Rotherham Borough Council awarded New Leaf Habitats Limited a contract for offsite Biodiversity Net Gain units, specifically medium-distinctiveness mixed scrub units required for statutory planning purposes.
Published outcomeA single active award and active contract are reported for New Leaf Habitats Limited. The contract record states it was signed on 3 August 2026.
Market significanceThis is a below-threshold public-sector purchase of biodiversity gain units, valued at £62,044.80 gross.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
NEW LEAF HABITATS LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £62,044.80 gross GBP · Active award; active contract
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Award 1 names NEW LEAF HABITATS LIMITED (GB-COH-15642353) as supplier. Contract 1, linked to award 1, has a gross value of GBP 62,044.80.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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Published document 098557-2026 is described as a "Contract details notice on Find a Tender".
Procurement and lot status
98% confidenceComplete
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Tender 26-086 and lot 1 are both recorded with status "complete".
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award 1 is recorded with status "active".
Contract status
98% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 is recorded with status "active".
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned 3 August 2026
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Contract 1 gives dateSigned as 2026-08-03.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value
99% confidence£62,044.80 gross
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Contract 1 value is recorded as amountGross 62044.8, currency GBP.
Lot-level value
98% confidenceUnknown
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No value is supplied for lot 1; the published contract value is linked to award 1 and contract 1.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed and start date
99% confidence3 August 2026
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Contract 1 gives dateSigned and period.startDate as 2026-08-03.
Contract end date
99% confidence2 December 2026
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2026-12-02T23:59:59Z.
Notice published
99% confidence19 October 2026
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The contract details notice was published at 2026-10-19T14:41:25+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceSupply of offsite Biodiversity Net Gain units
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Tender title and description state "Offsite Biodiversity Gain Units" and "Supply of Biodiversity Net Gain units".
Specified habitat units
99% confidenceMedium-distinctiveness mixed scrub units
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The description specifies "Supply medium distinctiveness mixed scrub units as per statutory planning requirements".
Procurement category
98% confidenceGoods
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Award 1 lists mainProcurementCategory as "goods".
Classification
98% confidenceCPV 03100000 — Agricultural and horticultural products
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Award item 1 includes CPV 03100000 with that description.
Delivery region
96% confidenceUKE31
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Award item 1 lists a delivery address in region UKE31, United Kingdom.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure detail
99% confidenceBelow threshold - unknown
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Tender procurementMethodDetails is recorded as "Below threshold - unknown".
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceNo
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Contract 1 records aboveThreshold as false.
Competition information
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information on bid numbers, tenderers and evaluation is not supplied in the published notice.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract period
99% confidence3 August 2026 to 2 December 2026
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Contract 1 period gives startDate 2026-08-03 and endDate 2026-12-02.
Extension or options
99% confidenceUnknown
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No extension, option or renewal terms are supplied in the published notice.
Pricing detail
99% confidence£62,044.80 gross; pricing breakdown unknown
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Only amountGross and currency are supplied in contract 1.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Market requirement
98% confidenceThe purchase concerns statutory-planning-related Biodiversity Net Gain delivery through mixed scrub units.
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The tender description links the units to statutory planning requirements and specifies mixed scrub.
Commercial scale
99% confidenceShort-duration contract with a published gross value of £62,044.80.
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The stated contract period runs from 3 August to 2 December 2026 and the gross contract value is GBP 62,044.80.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award date
99% confidenceNot supplied
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Award 1 has no award_date in the supplied award data.
Lot information
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or individual value
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Lot 1 is identified and complete, but its title, description and value fields are null.
Competition and evaluation
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No bid count, bidder list, evaluation criteria, scores or award rationale is provided.
Timing relationship
99% confidenceThe contract start and signature date precede the notice publication date
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Contract 1 started and was signed on 3 August 2026; the contract details notice was published on 19 October 2026.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Information on tender submissions, evaluation, award rationale and pricing breakdown is not supplied in the published notice.
- No award date is supplied.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
- No extension, option or renewal terms are supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Rotherham Borough CouncilNew Leaf Habitats LimitedBiodiversity Net GainBNG unitsmixed scrub unitspublic procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won Rotherham Borough Council's Offsite Biodiversity Gain Units contract?
New Leaf Habitats Limited (company number 15642353) is named as the supplier for award 1.
What is the value of the contract?
The linked contract has a published gross value of £62,044.80.
When does the contract run?
The contract record states a start date of 3 August 2026 and an end date of 2 December 2026.
What is being supplied?
The requirement is for offsite Biodiversity Net Gain units, specifically medium-distinctiveness mixed scrub units for statutory planning requirements.
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