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title: "Natural Capital Investment: Community Benefit & Additionality Scoping"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000753393"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "LOCH LOMOND & THE TROSSACHS COUNTRYSIDE TRUST"
published: "2024-01-31"
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# Natural Capital Investment: Community Benefit & Additionality Scoping

Buyer: LOCH LOMOND & THE TROSSACHS COUNTRYSIDE TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000753393

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## Summary

The Loch Lomond & The Trossachs Countryside Trust is inviting tenders for the procurement of services for the project titled "Natural Capital Investment: Community Benefit & Additionality Scoping" in Strathfillan, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, UK. The Trust is looking to engage consultants to explore valuing and monetising ecosystem services within the Strathfillan Landscape, fostering a greener and fairer future. Key dates include the proposal submission deadline on January 10, 2024, and the tender award date on January 16, 2024.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses with expertise in measuring social value, natural capital investment, and community benefit. Suitable firms should have experience in delivering impactful community benefit projects and be familiar with green finance initiatives. Businesses with capabilities in understanding ecosystem services and developing community benefit frameworks are encouraged to participate in this tender to contribute to nature restoration and community well-being efforts led by the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs Countryside Trust.

## Notice

We are seeking to appoint a consultant with expertise in scoping and identifying community benefit and impact opportunities, and associated challenges, along with the development of frameworks to help us define and monitor our community benefits for our local communities as part of our natural capital investment plans. We have secured funding from NatureScot and the National Lottery Heritage Fund under their Facility for Investment Ready Nature in Scotland (FIRNS) programme to enable us to explore in detail the opportunities for valuing and monetising the ecosystem services inherent in the Strathfillan Landscape, which will simultaneously enable our communities and businesses to thrive in a greener, fairer future for all. Background Wild Strathfillan: As part of our nature restoration work, The Loch Lomond and The Trossachs Countryside Trust is lead partner for a large partnership project - Wild Strathfillan. Together with land managers, communities, businesses and the National Park Authority we are working to deliver nature restoration across 50,000ha of the Strathfillan landscape. The Wild Strathfillan project takes in the rural communities of Strathfillan (the villages of Tyndrum and Crianlarich) and Killin. Landownership within the Wild Strathfillan area is predominantly private small to medium landholdings. To date the traditional land uses of shooting, farming and forestry have provided the economic income to sustain livelihoods. Many land managers have undertaken small scale nature restoration on their land using the traditional grant funded model, but to appeal to green finance this now needs to be at a scale greater than individual landholdings.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

We require a contractor with experience of measuring social value in a community and land context and a thorough understanding of the Scottish Land Commission's work on Community Benefit Guidance (recently released), Community Wealth Building, a Just Transition, natural capital investment, land reform and community benefit. The contractor will: Deliver a minumum of 3 workshops in the local communities of Tyndrum, Crianlarich and Killin, to enable residents to share their thoughts, ask questions and identify and shape opportunities for delivering impactful community benefit. Scope and review the 'additionality' potential for communities arising from planned nature restoration and partnership work as part of the Wild Strathfillan Partnership. Produce a Community Benefit Framework which identifies opportunities to share, monitor and coordinate benefits, both financial and non-financial, from the management of natural capital and carbon with the local community, and identify, mitigate and manage risks. Create a suite of accessible, educational resources to explain community benefit in the context of green finance and natural capital investment.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN497629 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 31 Jan 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 10 Jan 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 18 Jan 2024 |
| Contract period | 16 Jan 2024 - 22 Mar 2024 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £20,000 |
| Lots value | £20,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £23,835 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LOCH LOMOND & THE TROSSACHS COUNTRYSIDE TRUST |
| Locality | BALLOCH |
| Post town | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G83 8EG |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM31 East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire |
| Local authority | West Dunbartonshire |
| Electoral ward | Lomond |
| Westminster constituency | West Dunbartonshire |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | LAND USE CONSULTANTS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 75200000 - Provision of services to the community
- 85322000 - Community action programme

## Release History

- 31 Jan 2024 at 00:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN497629
- 15 Dec 2023 at 00:00 - Tender - PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC495008

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=DEC495008&idx=1
  15th December 2023 - Natural Capital Investment: Community Benefit & Additionality Scoping
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC495008
  Natural Capital Investment: Community Benefit & Additionality Scoping - We are seeking to appoint a consultant with expertise in scoping and identifying community benefit and impact opportunities, and associated challenges, along with the development of frameworks to help us define and monitor our community benefits for our local communities as part of our natural capital investment plans. We have secured funding from NatureScot and the National Lottery Heritage Fund under their Facility for Investment Ready Nature in Scotland (FIRNS) programme to enable us to explore in detail the opportunities for valuing and monetising the ecosystem services inherent in the Strathfillan Landscape, which will simultaneously enable our communities and businesses to thrive in a greener, fairer future for all. Background Wild Strathfillan: As part of our nature restoration work, The Loch Lomond and The Trossachs Countryside Trust is lead partner for a large partnership project - Wild Strathfillan. Together with land managers, communities, businesses and the National Park Authority we are working to deliver nature restoration across 50,000ha of the Strathfillan landscape. The Wild Strathfillan project takes in the rural communities of Strathfillan (the villages of Tyndrum and Crianlarich) and Killin. Landownership within the Wild Strathfillan area is predominantly private small to medium landholdings. To date the traditional land uses of shooting, farming and forestry have provided the economic income to sustain livelihoods. Many land managers have undertaken small scale nature restoration on their land using the traditional grant funded model, but to appeal to green finance this now needs to be at a scale greater than individual landholdings.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN497629
  Natural Capital Investment: Community Benefit & Additionality Scoping - We are seeking to appoint a consultant with expertise in scoping and identifying community benefit and impact opportunities, and associated challenges, along with the development of frameworks to help us define and monitor our community benefits for our local communities as part of our natural capital investment plans. We have secured funding from NatureScot and the National Lottery Heritage Fund under their Facility for Investment Ready Nature in Scotland (FIRNS) programme to enable us to explore in detail the opportunities for valuing and monetising the ecosystem services inherent in the Strathfillan Landscape, which will simultaneously enable our communities and businesses to thrive in a greener, fairer future for all. Background Wild Strathfillan: As part of our nature restoration work, The Loch Lomond and The Trossachs Countryside Trust is lead partner for a large partnership project - Wild Strathfillan. Together with land managers, communities, businesses and the National Park Authority we are working to deliver nature restoration across 50,000ha of the Strathfillan landscape. The Wild Strathfillan project takes in the rural communities of Strathfillan (the villages of Tyndrum and Crianlarich) and Killin. Landownership within the Wild Strathfillan area is predominantly private small to medium landholdings. To date the traditional land uses of shooting, farming and forestry have provided the economic income to sustain livelihoods. Many land managers have undertaken small scale nature restoration on their land using the traditional grant funded model, but to appeal to green finance this now needs to be at a scale greater than individual landholdings.

## Notice URLs

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- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
- http://www.trustinthepark.org
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000753393
- https://trustinthepark.org/

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