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title: "Credit Purchase Agreement"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05072b"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NORFOLK ENVIRONMENTAL CREDITS LIMITED"
published: "2025-04-24"
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# Credit Purchase Agreement

Buyer: NORFOLK ENVIRONMENTAL CREDITS LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05072b

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## Summary

The procurement process for the "Credit Purchase Agreement" involves Norfolk Environmental Credits Limited, a collaboration between Breckland Council, Broadland District Council, North Norfolk Council, and South Norfolk Council. This contract pertains to the "Environmental management" services category and focuses on the sale of temporary nutrient credits to offset nutrient pollution from new residential developments. The process was completed with a direct award to the supplier Wendling Beck OPCO LLP, who was the only company able to meet the specific legal and technical requirements for the provision of nutrient credits. The direct award was justified under Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 due to the absence of competition for technical reasons. The contract, valued at £1,800,000, was signed on 14th March 2025, covering services in the region of Norfolk, UKH15.

This tender offers substantial growth opportunities for businesses engaged in environmental management, particularly those focusing on nutrient mitigation and similar ecological services. The tender aligns well with small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) like Wendling Beck OPCO LLP, that have the technical capability and expertise to manage nutrient neutrality credits effectively. Businesses involved in sustainable development practices, ecological planning, and consultancy services stand to benefit and strengthen their market presence in this specialised niche by partaking in or aligning with similar procurement opportunities in environmental protection and management.

## Notice

This Contract Award Notice details the award of a contract pursuant to the negotiated procedure without prior publication because of competition being absent for technical reasons. Norfolk Environmental Credits Limited generate, establish and sells nutrient mitigation credits to offset nutrient pollution generated by new residential developments. The services covered in this notice relate to the sale of temporary nutrient credits to offset the effects of nutrients from new development.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Norfolk Environmental Credits Limited ('the Purchaser') is a collaboration between Breckland Council, Broadland District Council, North Norfolk Council and South Norfolk Council. Wendling Beck OPCO LLP ('the Supplier') operates an environment project that provides an opportunity to offset increased phosphate and nitrate loading. The Supplier and the local planning authority entered into a section 106 agreement dated 28 November 2024 (the 'S106 Agreement') which seeks to regulate the use of certain mitigation land at Wendling Beck, Gressenhall, Norfolk (as defined in the S106 Agreement as the 'Mitigation Land') so as to reduce the discharge of nitrogen and phosphorous from such mitigation land so that the reduction can be used to offset the effect of nutrients from new development which would affect designated habitats sites. The S106 Agreement requires for the temporary nutrient neutrality credits to be generated in a specific geographical catchment area to apply to the new developments. In securing the services for the generation, establishment and sale of nutrient mitigation credits, the Purchaser has entered into an agreement with the Supplier in which the Purchaser acts as the Supplier's agent for the sale of temporary Phosphorous and Nitrogen credits. At the time of the contract award, the Supplier is the only company which has demonstrated it is able to provide within an appropriate timescale a tradable nutrient benefit (Phosphorus and Nitrogen measured in kg/yr) in a specific area of the European protected sites as required by the legal framework and in which the Purchaser is seeking to secure the nutrient mitigation. Accordingly, after due consideration, the Purchaser has decided to make a direct award to the Supplier pursuant to Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 on the grounds that competition is absent for technical reasons.

### Procurement Information

The S106 Agreement requires for the temporary nutrient neutrality credits to be generated in a specific geographical catchment area to apply to the new developments. In securing the services for the generation, establishment and sale of nutrient mitigation credits the Purchaser has entered into an agreement with the Supplier in which the Purchaser acts as the Supplier's agent for the sale of temporary Phosphorous and Nitrogen credits. At the time of the contract award, the Supplier is the only company which has demonstrated it is able to provide within an appropriate timescale a tradable nutrient benefit (Phosphorus and Nitrogen measured in kg/yr) in a specific area of the European protected sites as required by the legal framework and in which the Purchaser is seeking to secure the nutrient mitigation. The Purchaser has established that, due to the technical and legal requirements associated with the generation of nutrient benefit, and the specific geographical requirements of the S106 Agreement, there was no other reasonable alternative or substitute and that the absence of competition was not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement. Accordingly, after due consideration, the Purchaser has decided to make a direct award pursuant to Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 on the grounds that competition is absent for technical reasons.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016858-2025 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 24 Apr 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 14 Mar 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,800,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NORFOLK ENVIRONMENTAL CREDITS LIMITED |
| Locality | NORWICH |
| Post town | Norwich |
| Postcode | NR7 0WF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH5 Norfolk |
| ITL 3 | TLH51 Norwich and East Norfolk |
| Local authority | Broadland |
| Electoral ward | Brundall |
| Westminster constituency | Broadland and Fakenham |
| Delivery location | TLH15 Norwich and East Norfolk |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | WENDLING BECK OPCO |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

### Codes

- 90710000 - Environmental management

## Release History

- 24 Apr 2025 at 15:14 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016858-2025

## Notice URLs

- https://www.norfolkenvironmentalcredits.co.uk/

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