--- title: "Improving Environment Data" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-e206eea8-1b02-48e1-bd02-cfdce603421a" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-e206eea8-1b02-48e1-bd02-cfdce603421a" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-e206eea8-1b02-48e1-bd02-cfdce603421a.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-e206eea8-1b02-48e1-bd02-cfdce603421a.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "THE NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND" published: "2025-08-07" --- # Improving Environment Data Buyer: THE NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e206eea8-1b02-48e1-bd02-cfdce603421a [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-e206eea8-1b02-48e1-bd02-cfdce603421a) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-e206eea8-1b02-48e1-bd02-cfdce603421a.json) ## Summary The National Lottery Community Fund has initiated an open procurement process for a project titled "Improving Environment Data." The project, under the industry category of research and development services and related consultancy services, aims to enhance the data quality concerning environmental projects supported by the fund. The procurement is open for proposals until 8th September 2025, with a contract period running from 6th October 2025 to 27th March 2026. The project involves a strategic collaboration with the Evidence and Impact Team in the National Lottery Community Fund and is situated in several regions, including the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Europe. The buying organisation, based in Birmingham, seeks to consolidate two distinct workstreams related to environmental project typology and the Climate Action Fund programme monitoring framework into a single comprehensive initiative. The procurement stage is currently active, allowing interested parties to submit their tenders. This tender offers substantial opportunities for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) engaged in data analysis, environmental consultancy, and software development. Companies equipped with expertise in machine learning and typology development can significantly benefit from participating, as the project requires creating a proof of concept for classifying environmental work. The ideal contenders would possess a thorough understanding of environmental impact assessments and data monitoring frameworks, paving the way for innovation in environmental data collection and analysis. This tender not only supports business growth by offering exposure to a high-profile project but also enables companies to contribute to sustainable and environmental initiatives on a national and international scale. ## Notice The National Lottery Community Fund want to better understand and communicate the wide range of activities that community organisations undertake that benefit the environment. This project will establish a sound foundation from which we can generate quality data about the environment projects we fund. An external supplier (possibly a partnership of specialist expertise) is being procured to work with our Evidence and Impact Team and others in the Fund. It will combine two related (but distinct) workstreams into one project for efficiency and synergies: A. Environment Projects Typology - This will establish a common Proof of Concept (PoC) typology for the types of environmental projects that we fund. This work will: review, further develop, and test our typology(s) of environmental projects using machine learning (AI) that classifies the nature of the work we receive applications for and support, and proposes a sound typology for the future, including considerations on how we use and improve it in the short and medium terms. B. Improve Climate Action Fund (CAF) programme monitoring data - This will create a Monitoring Framework that works for the current CAF funded projects as well as future environmental funding in our UK Portfolio. This work will review current monitoring requirements and identify future requirements; assess options for approaches for data capture, analysis and reporting; refine and test existing survey tool; create implementation plan; and complete report on what is known about CAF to date. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ef59a4ae-e1c4-4193-9e96-7ee964ba4f0a | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 7 Aug 2025 | | Submission deadline | 8 Sep 2025 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 5 Oct 2025 - 27 Mar 2026 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | THE NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND | | Locality | BIRMINGHAM | | Post town | Birmingham | | Postcode | B15 1TR | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham | | Local authority | Birmingham | | Electoral ward | Edgbaston | | Westminster constituency | Birmingham Edgbaston | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ### Codes - 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ## Release History - 7 Aug 2025 at 20:30 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ef59a4ae-e1c4-4193-9e96-7ee964ba4f0a ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ef59a4ae-e1c4-4193-9e96-7ee964ba4f0a 7th August 2025 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=96886&B=TNLCOMMUNITYFUND Additional data - https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/157826 User / Company ## Notice URLs - https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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