# Nature Markets Investment Readiness Support Discovery phase

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [DEFRA](/buyers/defra/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: KPMG LLP
- Award value: £284,599
- Tender value: £284,599
- Award date: 25 September 2026
- Published: 28 September 2026
- Contract start: 28 September 2026
- Contract end: 31 March 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 180169e0-6adf-43e2-ab49-de140a0ec050-915629
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-bd98f400-e039-4d8d-ab39-1b0620aa772d

## Description

The discovery phase aims to identify evidence-based priority areas and costed work plans to address capacity building nature market failures, focusing on four components: market tools, learning, collaboration, and data, to build a coherent support package without duplicating existing efforts

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/180169e0-6adf-43e2-ab49-de140a0ec050-915629)