AwardedAwarded 7 October 2026
OEP130-01 Place-based delivery of nature recovery benefits
Office for Environmental Protection · Central government
In brief
Office for Environmental Protection awarded environmental work to Novascape Limited on 7 October 2026.
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What the notice says
The OEP requires external research support to undertake the first phase of a project examining whether nature recovery policies and programmes are beingdelivered in ways that maximise benefits for people and places, while achieving environmental outcomes. This work will support the OEP's scrutiny of whethernature recovery is delivering wider benefits for people, such as improved health, wellbeing, access to nature and climate resilience. It will also examinewhether those benefits are reaching the communities and places that need them most.
This contract will be for Phase 1 only and the commissioned work will include a review of existing evidence and policy, collation and assessment of relevant data, mapping areas of unmet need and screening-level identification of opportunities, barriers and trade-offs. This will form the basis for deciding if and what to pursue in a subsequent phase of more detailed analysis.
Who won
| Winner | Value | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Novascape Limited | — | 7 October 2026 to 31 March 2027 |
Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.
Timeline
- Contract details notice · UK7, notice 096365-2026
Last time this was bought
OEP102-01 Appraisal of the benefits in delivery pathways towards the 2050 target for woodland
- Awarded
- 7 November 2025
- Value
- Not stated, or split across lots
- Contract ends
- 20 March 2026
Matched on Office for Environmental Protection, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.
About the buyer
Office for Environmental ProtectionLast 12 months
Procurements
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From notice 096365-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 13 October 2026. We last checked for changes on 13 October 2026.