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UK1 - Pipeline Notice Biodiversity Unit and Carbon Credits

National Highways · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 22:45.

Opportunity overview

National Highways expect to need to purchase Biodiversity units to meet Biodiversity Net Gain regulations and achieve 10% net gains in biodiversity levels though our work to maintain and develop England's Strategic Road Network. We also expect to need to purchase Carbon Credits this procurement will focus on biodiversity, but explore the benefits of linking in to our Carbon Credit requirements. We will engage with the market to explore current capacity, planned enhancements to capacity and timescales for such. A short term solution using our existing Dynamic Purchasing System is being investigated separately. We expect to enable our resultant framework, so that it can be used by the wider public sector, as such the values quoted at this stage are indicative only.

Classification

  • CPV90710000 — Environmental management

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-04edb2
Status
withdrawn
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement
Yes

Communication

Future Notice Date
29 May 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
withdrawn

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Ends
30 Apr 2030, 23:59
Starts
1 May 2027, 00:00

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
90710000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Environmental management

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
057554-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK12
Description
Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderCancellationNotice
Published
18 Sept 2025, 09:04

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
009599-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
17 Mar 2025, 11:02
Entry 2
Id
009892-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
18 Mar 2025, 12:47
Entry 3
Id
021370-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK1
Description
Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
plannedProcurementNotice
Published
14 May 2025, 15:12

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
31 Dec 2025, 23:59
Description
To be determined.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-COH-09346363
Name
National Highways

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKJ25
Country
GB
Locality
Guildford
Postal Code
GU1 4LZ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
09346363
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Status Details
Market Engagement for Biodiversity Net Gain potential Procurement. Approach Engagement focused on the maturity, capacity and commercial models of potential suppliers and the legal mechanisms for securing long term biodiversity outcomes. The scope covered: • Regional supply and pricing variability • Delivery and monitoring assurance (30+ years) • Legal structuring (Conservation Covenants, S106 agreements) • Procurement model preferences (DPS, framework, co-development) Methodologies included structured supplier interviews, EOI submissions, pricing analysis and legal model comparisons. Engagement was carried out with habitat banks, conservation charities, brokers, social enterprises and platform operators. Findings The BNG market is developing rapidly but remains fragmented and unevenly distributed. Providers include: • Commercial providers offering off the shelf units with legal assurance • Charitable conservation bodies offering long term stewardship with strong ESG alignment, but limited scalability • Emerging platforms and brokers providing flexible but less proven models. Costs of BNG units vary, but often exceed our internal affordability cap of £20,000 per unit. Suppliers prefer procurement models that are open, flexible and allow for entry and scalability over time, such as Dynamic Purchasing Systems and Framework Agreements. Spot purchases and one off tenders were discouraged. Conclusion National Highways concludes its 2025 Biodiversity Net Gain market engagement with thanks to stakeholders, suppliers and institutional partners. The learning gathered, together with a critical examination of our internal priorities mean no formal large scale Procurement is currently planned.
Final Status Date
15 Sept 2025, 00:00

Related lots

1

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Guildford · UKJ25 · GU1 4LZ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. ocds-h6vhtk-04edb2-2025-09-18T09:04:29+01:00Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·