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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

27 days left

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Devon County Council is procuring a study examining carbon sequestration and soil health impacts within highway earthworks on the A382 Link Road Development near Newton Abbot, Devon. Extra funding from the ADEPT Live Labs 2: Decarbonising Local Roads programme supports carbon reduction measures alongside the main scheme. The study will investigate how construction activities affect soil carbon levels and the potential benefits of incorporating biochar, enhanced mineral weathering and mycorrhizal fungi into traditional highway earthworks. Emerging research suggests 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, with further cost strategy details given in the documentation.

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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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    Comparable work is in Research & development.

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    27 days left, 20 of them working days.

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    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €53,259 and €313,321.

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

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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 224 awards for Research & development in United Kingdom.

This notice
€199,126
Median award
€116,119
Middle half of past awards
€53,259 to €313,321

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Devon County Council

United Kingdom

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

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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
WSP UK LIMITED 6 €5.9M Sep 2026
Ove Arup 6 €1.7M Sep 2026
Ipsos Mori 6 €786,482 Aug 2026
Verian Group UK Limited 5 €4.8M Sep 2026

Based on 273 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

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