# RDE 427 - Nature Returns: Motivations of Buyers of Ecosystem Services

> A sourced UK public-sector contract award published by EA.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: EA
- Contract winner: [Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd\.](/contract-winners/eunomia-research-consulting/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £50,987
- Award date: 12 November 2023
- Published: 23 January 2024
- Contract start: 13 November 2023
- Contract end: 31 March 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 42131569-a523-479b-bfe0-1bbd86435b28-716389
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8589a062-b02d-497e-aca4-03e83619a931

## Description

The research will be focused on market demand for ecosystem services such as water quality, water cooling, natural flood management, and biodiversity, and the saleable 'products' or 'goods' within these emerging voluntary nature markets\. Our understanding of buyers of carbon units is more developed and is not the focus of this work, however these buyers may be able to provide insights as to why certain products/projects are favoured over others\. This contract was awarded by EA\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/42131569-a523-479b-bfe0-1bbd86435b28-716389)