Tender

Urban Greening Code Development

THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST OR NATURAL BEAUTY

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Tender

10 Oct 2025 at 16:02

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty is overseeing an open tender process for the "Urban Greening Code Development" project, scheduled within the broader initiative of Nature Towns and Cities. This project aims to establish a governance framework for urban greening interventions, particularly focusing on creating a token-based marketplace for urban tree tokens. Key deadlines include the submission deadline on 24th October 2025, and the expected contract period spanning from 10th November 2025 to 18th March 2026. The procurement falls under the service category, with a total budget of £50,000, and comprises software package and information systems, financial services, and consultancy services. The project is based in the United Kingdom and supports local authorities and partners to foster urban greening using private funding.

This tender presents a promising opportunity for businesses involved in software development, financial consultancy, and environmental planning to contribute to a groundbreaking initiative aimed at enhancing urban green spaces. Companies with experience in developing governance frameworks and marketplace structures would find this contract particularly suitable. The project offers the chance to collaborate on innovative solutions that address urban environmental challenges, promoting health, connectivity, and sustainability. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs) are especially encouraged to apply, as their expertise could prove instrumental in the successful execution of the project.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Urban Greening Code Development

Notice Description

BACKGROUND Nature Towns and Cities is a coalition of organisations (National Trust, Natural England, and National Lottery Heritage Fund) working together to inspire, incentivise, and support UK towns and cities to take ambitious action for urban green space. Our aim is to help millions more people enjoy time in nature close to home, in greener, thriving towns and cities. We want more urban areas to use nature recovery and nature-based solutions to tackle health inequalities and climate change, and to put nature at the heart of communities to grow their prosperity, connection and resilience. This commission sits within the Nature Finance workstream of Nature Towns and Cities. Nature Towns and Cities is looking to support Local Authorities and their partners in accessing private funding. Specifically, through developing a marketplace of tokenised urban greening interventions - starting with Urban Tree Tokens - supported by an urban greening code and registry. SCOPE OF THE WORK Nature Towns and Cities holds a draft code - an adaptation of BSI Flex 701 - for tokenising urban greening interventions, and a methodology specifically for urban tree tokens. This research is seeking to test and refine the code through stakeholder engagement, and to understand what the governance, structuring and operations of a code and associated marketplace and registry should look like, resulting in the production of a governance and operations report, (including summary and recommended strawman code and registry governance and operations options and mapping of code, registry and marketplace responsibilities/roles), marketplace governance eligibility criteria and governance framework, and refined Urban Greening Code. INFORMATION TO BE RETURNED Submissions should include the following information: * Outline of your proposed approach to the project, including details of methodology, proposed outputs, timeline and high level risk log. * Description of your relevant experience and abridged CVs of the proposed project team, including examples of at least two similar pieces of work you have carried out. * Proposed budget breakdown. * Details of any matters or concerns not covered by this brief. Submissions should be no more than 8 pages in length. Abridged VCs can be included as appendices. These should be returned to anne.mackinnon@nationaltrust.org.uk by the deadline of 5pm, Friday 24th October 2025. Please see the attached Request for Tender document for more detail.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-78976851-563d-4cf5-9ed4-a23054f5e36b
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ca63bd62-6e6d-49a8-9c2d-c86cb8bf8184
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (below threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

66 - Financial and insurance services

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

48000000 - Software package and information systems

66000000 - Financial and insurance services

73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£50,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 Oct 20254 months ago
Submission Deadline
24 Oct 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
10 Nov 2025 - 18 Mar 2026 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST OR NATURAL BEAUTY
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SWINDON
Postcode
SN2 2NA
Post Town
Swindon
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK71 Swindon
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Swindon
Electoral Ward
Mannington and Western
Westminster Constituency
Swindon South

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