Published date: 3 April 2023

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 9 March 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Agricultural services - 77100000

  • Forestry services - 77200000

  • Horticultural services - 77300000

    • Environmental services - 90700000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£74,000

Procurement reference

DVNCC001-DN655325-67440544

Published date

3 April 2023

Closing date

9 March 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

13 March 2023

Contract end date

13 August 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Authority has committed to offsetting an increasing proportion of its carbon emissions over the period to 2030 from when it hopes to achieve full carbon neutrality each year. Initially this entailed looking to offset 5% of its 2019/20, 7.5% of its 2020/21 and 10% of its 2021/22 emissions through the UK Woodland Carbon Code or UK Peatland Carbon Code. In the end, due to market availability, Pending Issuance Units (PIUs) registered under the Woodland Carbon Code, that will mostly mature in the 2030s and early 2040s, were purchased.

For the provision of this contract the Authority is looking to buy more carbon units and/or PIUs.

Carbon unit Requirements

Carbon units offered must be: -

• From UK-Based natural environment projects
• Verified to a Voluntary Carbon Market Standard which is recognised by ICROA or other similar VCM standards organisation
• Where the carbon units or PIUs offered are from woodland creation or maintenance projects, these must be from native woodland schemes, not from non-native projects such as Sitka Spruce conifer plantations.

We appreciate that the market may not be able to provide many carbon credits. We are prepared to accept PIUs that will be verified and converted into Carbon Units by no later than 2045.

PIU unit Requirements

PIUs must be: -

• Verified and converted into full VCM standard carbon units by no later than 2045
• Where the carbon units or PIUs offered are from woodland creation or maintenance projects, these must be from native woodland schemes, not from non-native projects such as Sitka Spruce conifer plantations.

The Authority has £74,000 available for this contract and wants to purchase as many Carbon Units or PIUs as possible for this budget

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

CP2282-22 Devon County Council Provision of Carbon Offsets

  • Opportunity
  • Published 9 February 2023

Additional text

www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk
The authority reserves the right to cancel the procurement process at any stage. The authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender, and reserve the right not to award a contract. The authority reserves the right to award the contract in part, or to call for new tenders should they consider this necessary. Economic operators remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from them in connection with their participation in this procurement, whether incurred directly by them or their advisors or subcontractors and regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence direct or indirect of any amendments to documents issued by the authority at any time, or as a consequence of the cancellation of the procurement by the authority. For the avoidance of doubt, the authority shall have no liability whatsoever to economic operators or their advisors or subcontractors, for any of their costs, including but not limited to those for any discussions or communications. Any contract(s) or agreement(s) entered into as a result of this contract notice shall be considered as a contract(s) or agreement(s) made under English law and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. If an economic operator considers that any information supplied by it during this procurement process is commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for its sensitivity as well as the duration of that sensitivity specified. Economic operators should be aware that even where they have indicated that information is commercially sensitive, the authority may disclose it pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in response to a request for information where such disclosure is considered to be in the public interest. Please note that the receipt by any of the authority of any materials marked 'confidential' or equivalent shall not be taken to mean that the authority accepts any duty of confidence by virtue of that marking.

Award information

Awarded date

16 March 2023

Contract start date

17 March 2023

Contract end date

15 September 2023

Total value of contract

£74,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Woodland Trust

Address

NG31 6LL

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Jamie Heavens

Address

County Hall
Topsham Road
Exeter
EX2 4QD
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1392383000

Email

jamie.heavens@devon.gov.uk

Website

http://www.devon.gov.uk