--- title: "Trading Platform Contract for Solent Nutrient Trading Pilot Project" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-a59182c5-7815-4d9e-800f-2ff3290bfe5d" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a59182c5-7815-4d9e-800f-2ff3290bfe5d" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a59182c5-7815-4d9e-800f-2ff3290bfe5d.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a59182c5-7815-4d9e-800f-2ff3290bfe5d.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL" published: "2021-12-09" --- # Trading Platform Contract for Solent Nutrient Trading Pilot Project Buyer: DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a59182c5-7815-4d9e-800f-2ff3290bfe5d [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a59182c5-7815-4d9e-800f-2ff3290bfe5d) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a59182c5-7815-4d9e-800f-2ff3290bfe5d.json) ## Summary The procurement process involves the Defra Network eTendering Portal, which is seeking suppliers for a Trading Platform Contract as part of the Solent Nutrient Trading Pilot Project. This innovative initiative aims to address nitrogen pollution affecting habitats in the Solent area, a project classified under environmental services. The procurement stage is complete, with the contract awarded on 31 August 2021, and the value of the contract is £205,638. The contract period extends from 4 October 2021 to 30 September 2022, with the procurement completed through an open procedure below the threshold. This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses involved in environmental services, especially those that specialise in nutrient management, land management, or agricultural practices aimed at sustainability. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) would find this project particularly suitable, as it seeks solutions from farmers and land managers to mitigate nitrogen pollution while promoting habitat restoration. Engaging in this pilot could lead to long-term contracts as part of the broader efforts to sustain vital ecosystems in the region. ## Notice Background Defra, working with agencies and MHCLG, is delivering an innovative nutrient trading pilot project in the Solent area over two years (2020-2022). The Solent is home to a range of nationally and internationally important habitats and bird species for which it has been designated. However, many of these sites are in unfavourable condition due to excess nutrients (particularly nitrogen) in the water from a range of sources, including agriculture and wastewater. NE has advised local planning authorities that demonstrating 'nutrient neutrality' (i.e. zero net impact on nitrogen pollution of the protected sites for 80+ years) is a way of allowing development to proceed, while ensuring it does not further damage the condition of the protected site features. This can be achieved through various means, including by securing proportionate nitrogen reduction elsewhere in the catchment by taking land out of intensive agricultural use and creating habitat for wildlife. NE has published a 'nutrient neutral' method and calculator and actively advises local authorities and developers. There is an estimated backlog of at least 5,500 houses (at least partly due to nitrogen pollution) across the Solent catchment awaiting planning permission; a lack of offsite mitigation has meant some developments have struggled to demonstrate 'nutrient neutrality'. The Authority is piloting a nutrient trading process to enable developers and local planning authorities in need of nitrogen pollution mitigation solutions to connect via an online platform with farmers and land managers able to provide such solutions. For example, farmers who are willing to take some of their land out of intensive agricultural production and commit it to woodland or wetland for at least 80 years. The pilot, funded through Government's Shared Outcomes Fund, will test the feasibility and cost effectiveness of this approach, using a trading process, and explore how multiple benefits for people and nature ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b57bd5bc-3c30-41cb-8586-7e0cc817979b | | 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 | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 9 Dec 2021 | | Submission deadline | 4 Aug 2021 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 30 Aug 2021 | | Contract period | 3 Oct 2021 - 30 Sep 2022 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £205,638 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £205,638 | | 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 | DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1P 3JR | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | St James's | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | WESSEX WATER LTD, (TRADING AS "ENTRADE | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services ### Codes - 90700000 - Environmental services - 90710000 - Environmental management ## Release History - 9 Dec 2021 at 09:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b57bd5bc-3c30-41cb-8586-7e0cc817979b ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b57bd5bc-3c30-41cb-8586-7e0cc817979b 9th December 2021 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/3abd9aa2-247d-421b-a9c4-ec5025c71ab3 n/a ## Notice URLs - http://defra.bravosolutions.co.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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