Scope
Reference
OPEN20252059
Description
Sunderland City Council will be seeking tenders for the provision of Natural England registered Biodiversity Net Gain units. The units must be readily available to ensure the associated discharge of BNG planning conditions by April 2026.
The BNG Baseline Assessment recommends an off-site solution should be sought from a third-party supplier. In total, the unit shortfall to be addressed to achieve the 10% minimum gain is:
- 6.38 Tier A1 habitat units
- 3.82 Tier A2 habitat units
- 1.51 Watercourse units
These numbers have been reached using the spatial risk multiplier and based on a worst-case scenario, the actual number required will be lower if using a local habitat bank
Contract dates (estimated)
- 13 February 2026 to 31 March 2056
- 30 years, 1 month, 16 days
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 70321000 - Land rental services
- 70332100 - Land management services
Contract locations
- UKC23 - Sunderland
Engagement
Engagement deadline
12 December 2025
Engagement process description
There is a preliminary market engagement questionnaire available on the /councils online tendering platform, the Open system.
You will need to create an account on Open in order to access and bid for public sector opportunities issued by Sunderland City Council.
Visit www.open-uk.org to register an account
(Registration is free and easy. Simply head over to www.open-uk.org and complete the online registration form).
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Keep an eye out for the temporary password to confirm your account - this is only valid for 3 days so if you have not logged in during this period, you will need to contact open.support@nepo.org to request a new temporary password
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Once registered, select Codes & Categories relevant to your area of business
Add notifications@open-uk.org to your safe sender list to ensure you don't miss out on notifications of relevant opportunities
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Suppliers must also ahead of the publication o the tender, register on the Central Digital Platform (CDP) and ensure their information is up-to-date on the system .
The CDP is available at https://www.gov.uk/find-tender.
This will allow the council to understand the appetite in the market and prepare the market and to advise them to register with the appropriate sies to ensure that have access to all documentation and can submit compliant tenders
Submission
Publication date of tender notice (estimated)
15 December 2025
Contracting authority
Sunderland City Council
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PLVZ-4154-GGRZ
City Hall, Plater Way,
Sunderland
SR1 3AA
United Kingdom
Region: UKC23 - Sunderland
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government