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title: "Exploring the potential of Regional Farm and Rural Support Groups to stimulate Green Finance Markets"
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# Exploring the potential of Regional Farm and Rural Support Groups to stimulate Green Finance Markets

Buyer: NATURAL ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7eda12d4-b93a-41ac-84d6-f87efb7b1b40

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## Summary

Natural England has awarded a contract for a research project titled "Exploring the potential of Regional Farm and Rural Support Groups to stimulate Green Finance Markets." The project aims to investigate the role of these groups in stimulating Green Finance markets and supporting environmental planning initiatives. The research includes mapping RFRSGs in England, exploring their potential as Green Finance aggregators, and producing case studies to attract natural capital investment. The contract was awarded on 4th September 2023, and the project has a total value of £39,963 GBP. The procurement method used was an "Open procedure (below threshold)." The contract period is from 11th September 2023 to 31st March 2024.

This research project presents opportunities for businesses involved in research services focusing on environmental planning and Green Finance markets. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are well-suited to compete for this tender. To participate, businesses need to submit a quotation meeting the requirements outlined in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) by 30th August 2023. The project location is in England, United Kingdom, and it falls under the "Research services" category. Natural England is the buyer organisation responsible for this procurement process.

## Notice

Natural England are commissioning research to investigate the potential of Regional Farm and Rural Support Groups (RFRSGs), specifically through their role as aggregators, to stimulate Green Finance markets and support key place-based environmental planning initiatives such as LNRS. The objectives of this research are to: 1) Understand the coverage of RFRSGs or similar initiatives across England. 2) Characterise RFRSGs in England (with focus on geographical scale, membership, governance structures, level of engagement with Green Finance and links to local governance arrangements and delivery frameworks) to assess their individual and collective potential to act as a Green Finance aggregators and support place-based environmental planning. 3) Produce a heat-map to visually illustrate the above and identify gaps in national coverage and capacity to engage with Green Finance markets and support place-based environmental planning. 4) Explore and demonstrate the potential of RFRSGs to attract natural capital investment and support its distribution through a series of case studies aimed at exploring RFRSGs state of readiness and capacity to act as aggregators in local emerging ecosystem service markets. 5) Provide a series of recommendations aimed at: a) RFRSGs: to facilitate their engagement with emerging Green Finance markets and highlighting best practice to enable other RFRSGs to follow suite b) Policy makers: to increase awareness of the potential of RFRSGs to support Green Finance policy and direct finance flows to deliver landscape scale environmental goals c) Responsible authorities: to increase awareness of the potential of RFRSGs to support and deliver on integrated place-based environmental planning. Additional information: To apply for this opportunity you must submit your quotation meeting the requirements detailed in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) attached. Your response must be sent to stephen.jones@naturalengland.org.uk by 12 midday on 30th August 2023. If you have any clarification questions linked to this opportunity or the procurement process please submit these via email to stephen.jones@naturalengland.org.uk. Please note that, unless commercially sensitive, both the question and the response will be circulated to all tenderers.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d0b05e6a-2338-45c8-9ddf-655a1fe61840 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Nov 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 30 Aug 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 3 Sep 2023 |
| Contract period | 10 Sep 2023 - 31 Mar 2024 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £41,665 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £39,963 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NATURAL ENGLAND |
| Locality | NOTTINGHAM |
| Post town | Nottingham |
| Postcode | NG2 4LA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF14 Nottingham |
| Local authority | Nottingham |
| Electoral ward | Castle |
| Westminster constituency | Nottingham East |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | JAMES HUTTON |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73110000 - Research services

## Release History

- 20 Nov 2023 at 13:11 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d0b05e6a-2338-45c8-9ddf-655a1fe61840
- 22 Aug 2023 at 13:16 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fecc3af6-cf20-42de-902e-1e747be096d9
- 15 Aug 2023 at 16:42 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fecc3af6-cf20-42de-902e-1e747be096d9
- 3 Aug 2023 at 08:20 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fecc3af6-cf20-42de-902e-1e747be096d9

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d0b05e6a-2338-45c8-9ddf-655a1fe61840
  20th November 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fecc3af6-cf20-42de-902e-1e747be096d9
  22nd August 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/be303c26-4daa-46c6-8db0-f42f82ee49f8
  RFQ Document
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/56dc5949-e1a1-446e-9ca5-a2a6d0cb5ed0
  Guided buying template
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/e3146731-ae78-4b19-a606-d04b46333585
  Contract template
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/020d4a80-6569-49ab-ba1a-472d85df4c77
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/49e33f40-dd52-4ed0-9b8d-65a76c25902c
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/SupplierAttachment/5aaa17da-a43f-4e87-b533-a8dedcfd8c95

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