Pipeline

UK1 - Pipeline Notice Biodiversity Unit and Carbon Credits

  • National Highways

UK1: Pipeline notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-021370

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04edb2 (view related notices)

Published 14 May 2025, 3:12pm



Scope

Description

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.

Total value (estimated)

  • £2,000,000 excluding VAT
  • £2,400,000 including VAT

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 May 2027 to 30 April 2030
  • 3 years

Main category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 90710000 - Environmental management

Participation

Particular suitability

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
  • Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

29 May 2026


Contracting authority

National Highways

  • Companies House: 09346363

Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close

Guildford

GU1 4LZ

United Kingdom

Region: UKJ25 - West Surrey

Organisation type: Public authority - central government