Published date: 28 February 2023

This notice was replaced on 25 October 2023

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Awarded contract (published 25 October 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Foreign economic-aid-related services - 75211200

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£5,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_343013/1180053

Published date

28 February 2023

Closing date

19 April 2023

Closing time

1pm

Contract start date

1 May 2023

Contract end date

1 May 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

BEIS is procuring a service provider to lead and design a bespoke technical assistance programme to support the LEAF Coalition. The aim of the Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Access to Forest Finance (LEAF) Coalition is to provide finance for tropical and subtropical forest conservation through carbon markets.

The Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest Finance (LEAF) Coalition is a voluntary global coalition bringing together the private sector and governments to provide finance for tropical and subtropical forest conservation through carbon markets. The UK Government played a key role launching the LEAF Coalition in April 2021, alongside the US and Norwegian governments. At the World Leaders Summit at COP 26 the LEAF Coalition announced it met its initial goal of mobilising $1 billion USD for countries and states committed to increasing ambition to protect tropical and sub-tropical forests and reduce deforestation. At COP27 it announced that a further $500m has been mobilised, with 100% coming from private companies. Funding will be delivered to jurisdictions that successfully reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation. This will be done through payments for verified emission reductions - payments which are made only after reductions in deforestation have been independently confirmed.

Due to the complexity and number of different requirements needed to transact carbon credits under the LEAF programme, the UK hopes to design a bespoke technical assistance (TA) programme to support countries that are close to signing emissions reductions payment agreements (ERPAs). And those where strategic projects and technical support could unblock national approval for subnational participation in LEAF. The LEAF TA programme would be demand led by forest country governments (with direct input from BEIS and Embassy colleagues) to find out what their specific needs and support requirements are. This would enable them to engage/sign up to the LEAF coalition more quickly and comfortably. The overall aim of the programme is to help them sign their ERPAs, generate the credits and ultimately received results-based payments.

The UK is looking to procure a TA delivery partner to lead on the design and implementation of this programme of support, working closely with BEIS and UK embassies overseas. This would include sourcing technical consultants that could carry out the work in country.

The tender documents may be found at:

https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/go/7611209601865A8B5287

More information

Additional text

As announced by the Prime Minister on the 7th of February 2023, BEIS has been split into three Departments. Any references in this Invitation to Tender to the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, "BEIS" or "the Authority" also refer to any successor departments that have been created out of BEIS. In due course, secondary legislation will be laid in Parliament that gives effect to the Machinery of Government change and no action should be required in respect of this contract. Until that happens BEIS remains the contracting authority in this case and contracts continue to be signed on behalf of the Secretary of State for BEIS. Commercial arrangements, terms and conditions and procurement procedures are not affected.

About the buyer

Contact name

James Whalley

Address

1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
England

Email

internationalclimateandenergy.procurement@beis.gov.uk