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CP2821-26 Study of Carbon Sequestration and Soil Health Impacts within Highway Earthworks

Open United Kingdom Research & development

Buyer Devon County Council

24 days left

Key facts

Closes
12:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€200,661
converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 24 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

24 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, below the EU threshold) give a median of 26 days, half of them between 19 and 31 days, based on 2,132 notices of the last two years.

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Summary

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Devon County Council is seeking a study on carbon sequestration and soil health connected to the A382 Link Road Development near Newton Abbot, Devon. Funded additionally through the ADEPT Live Labs 2: Decarbonising Local Roads programme, the project aims to demonstrate innovative ways of reducing and removing carbon emissions from highway construction. The appointed supplier will investigate how construction activities affect soil carbon levels and assess the benefits of incorporating biochar, enhanced mineral weathering and mycorrhizal fungi into traditional highway earthworks, including their potential to increase carbon sequestration rates, improve soil health and extend long-term carbon storage in highway verges and landscape areas. The available budget is between 150,000 and 170,000 pounds.

Description

Devon County Council (DCC), is delivering the A382 Link Road Development near Newton Abbot, Devon. In addition to the main scheme, additional funding has been made available through the ADEPT Live Labs 2: Decarbonising Local Roads programme to fund carbon reduction measures on the project. The scheme seeks not only to improve highway safety, network resilience and traffic flow, but also to demonstrate innovative approaches to reducing and removing carbon emissions from highway construction activities. As part of the project's carbon-negative aspirations, DCC wishes to investigate the impact of construction activities on soil carbon levels and the potential benefits of incorporating biochar, enhanced mineral weathering and mycorrhizal fungi into traditional highway earthworks operations. Emerging research suggests that these products may increase carbon sequestration rates, improve soil health and increase long-term carbon storage within highway verges and associated landscape areas. The budget available is between £150,000 and £170,000 further details on the cost strategy are given in the documentation.

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  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €200,661.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Research & development.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    24 days left, 19 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €53,752 and €309,877.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 66 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

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  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 229 awards for Research & development in United Kingdom.

This notice
€200,661
Median award
€116,648
Middle half of past awards
€53,752 to €309,877

The estimate sits inside the usual range.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Devon County Council

United Kingdom

notices in the register
66
awards
60
awarded in total
€25.0M

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
51
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
14%
of its calls state an estimated value
100%

Based on 59 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Research & development - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTD 12 €30.8M Sep 2026
Ove Arup 7 €1.9M Oct 2026
AtkinsRéalis Jacobs Joint Venture 7 €1.6M Sep 2026
WSP UK LIMITED 6 €5.9M Sep 2026
Verian Group UK Limited 6 €5.0M Sep 2026

Based on 279 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

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Market context

Larger than 36% of the open notices in Research & development across Europe.

open now in Research & development
625
median open notice
€300,000

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Research & development

different companies won awards here
199
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
9%
buyers awarded contracts here
99

Based on 275 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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