# NCF Monitoring and Evaluation Scientific Indicators

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [DEFRA](/buyers/defra/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Liverpool John Moores University](/contract-winners/liverpool-john-moores-university/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £218,055
- Tender value: £220,000
- Award date: 28 August 2023
- Published: 19 August 2023
- Contract start: 1 August 2023
- Contract end: 30 September 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: a1b89170-7bf5-4004-a9d9-bf276f96e3a8-673511
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9ac6a175-29f3-4960-9089-0440836e24ce

## Description

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs \(Defra\) is looking for tenderers to submit bids to support and build the evidence base for the Nature for Climate Fund Tree Planting Programme \('the Programme'\)\. We welcome proposals from a consortium of organisations bringing together several institutions including \(but not limited to\) commercial, academia, and / or subject matter experts\. The overall aim is to demonstrate the Programme's impact in the following outcome areas: Tier 1 a\. Carbon sequestration b\. Biodiversity Tier 2 c\. Flood mitigation d\. Water quality e\. Air quality The development of indicators will be used to demonstrate the attributable changes caused by the Tree Planting Programme up to 2025, and address evidence gaps in the Programme Key Performance Indicator \(KPI\) Framework\. Our aim in commissioning this research is to provide usable, robust, relevant and timely evidence so that the Customer can deliver a thorough monitoring and evaluation of the programme that gives confidence to others\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a1b89170-7bf5-4004-a9d9-bf276f96e3a8-673511)