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title: "Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR) Standards and Methodologies"
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# Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR) Standards and Methodologies

Buyer: DESNZ  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ed6ffb97-7457-47b5-b313-f324f8b118d7

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## Summary

DESNZ, located in London, has conducted a procurement process titled "Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR) Standards and Methodologies" under the research consultancy services category. The process, now at the award stage, was initiated to design and deliver standards for Greenhouse Gas Removal technologies, specifically Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage (DACCS) and Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS). An initial 33-month contract valued at £1,839,032 has been awarded to BSI Standards Limited starting 13 September 2024 and ending 30 June 2027, with the possibility of a 24-month extension valued up to £2,551,000. The main procurement method used was a negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold), and the first set of Minimum Quality Thresholds is expected to be published in 2025.

This tender offers substantial opportunities for growth for businesses specialising in environmental consultancy, carbon capture technology, and standards development. Companies involved in developing methodologies and frameworks for monitoring, reporting, and verifying greenhouse gas removals could find this contract particularly relevant. The detailed iterative approach involving industry specialists, academics, and policymakers ensures that businesses engaged in innovative and first-of-a-kind technologies can contribute and differentiate themselves through high integrity standards. Consequently, this procurement is well-suited for large organisations with the capability to handle comprehensive research and consultancy services.

## Notice

Services to design and deliver Greenhouse Gas Removal Standards in the form of Minimum Quality Thresholds and a series of Publicly Available Specifications (PASs) for Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage (DACCS) and Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS). - An initial contract is awarded for 33 months valued at PS1,839,032 (net) for the design and publication of Minimum Quality Thresholds and a series of Publicly Available Specifications (PASs), covering quantification methodologies for Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage and Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage only. - Under the initial contract, the supplier will define methodological Minimum Quality Thresholds for early Greenhouse Gas Removal projects seeking support from the Government's Business Model. These will specify what projects must cover as part of their removal quantification, monitoring and reporting and reference best practice and existing government Standards where appropriate, such as the Carbon Capture and Storage regulations and Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation. - The Minimum Quality Thresholds are expected to address crediting periods, life cycle assessment boundaries, counterfactuals, carbon leakage, emission allocation to co-products, additionality, whether there is a rationale for monitoring, reporting and verification differentiation based on project scale, and possibly other aspects that stakeholders identify as priorities. We expect the Minimum Quality Thresholds to be published in 2025. - Following publication of the Minimum Quality Thresholds, the supplier will then develop more detailed Greenhouse Gas Removal technology-specific methodologies via a series of Publicly Available Specifications (PASs) which is an internationally recognised format for Standards. Each PAS will cover a subset of the GGR value chain such a biomass supply, or carbon capture and transport and storage. - The PAS development process generates high integrity Standards or benchmarks, leveraging cross sector industry specialists, academics and policy makers through working groups in the design process to produce a consensus based final product. This iterative approach will ensure that the technology-specific methodologies are robust and allow for the development and innovation associated with first of a kind deployment. - There is an optional contract extension of up to 24 months valued up to PS2,551,000 (net). This covers the delivery of up to six additional PASs for non-carbon capture and storage enabled GGR technologies, and updates to the PASs developed under the initial contract. The need for these methodologies is subject to further approvals and the policy needs of the Department.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/03395fc3-5f55-494c-8e6b-6b93b4379d32 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 3 Oct 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 2 Aug 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 11 Sep 2024 |
| Contract period | 12 Sep 2024 - 30 Jun 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £4,390,032 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £4,390,032 |
| 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 | DESNZ |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | Not specified |
| Postcode | SE1A 2EG |
| Country | Not specified |
| ITL 1 | Not specified |
| ITL 2 | Not specified |
| ITL 3 | Not specified |
| Local authority | Not specified |
| Electoral ward | Not specified |
| Westminster constituency | Not specified |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BSI STANDARDS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73210000 - Research consultancy services

## Release History

- 3 Oct 2024 at 20:54 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/03395fc3-5f55-494c-8e6b-6b93b4379d32

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/03395fc3-5f55-494c-8e6b-6b93b4379d32
  3rd October 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/f842e5d5-f54c-42e1-9a17-b42976dcf042
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/250130fc-981a-4154-8f80-2e3b42b7c27a
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## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-energy-security-and-net-zero

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