# Understanding Nature-based Activity Providers' Participation in GSP

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Defra](/buyers/defra/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £100,000
- Published: 18 March 2024
- Planned start: 8 May 2024
- Planned end: 31 March 2025
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: c74c38b6-36ad-4fcd-8079-32a278594b0e-732780
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e53c3ba2-1b9d-423f-bdbf-2c8e598ff359

## Description

Defra intends to commission research to improve understanding of nature-based activity providers' participation in green social prescribing, including barriers and enablers for success, to support cross-government policy to roll out and scale up this intervention\. The project will explore current challenges and solutions and identify examples of good practice including in relation to link workers and other referral pathways; providers' capacity, skills and training requirements; access to appropriate green spaces; funding and wider sustainability; and data collection processes and information flows\. The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at https://defra-family\.force\.com/s/Welcome Any questions, requests to participate or tender submissions must be submitted electronically via this portal\. The aim of this contract to undertake research to improve understanding of nature-based activity providers' participation in green social prescribing \(GSP\), including barriers and enablers for success, to support cross-government policy to roll out and scale up these interventions\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c74c38b6-36ad-4fcd-8079-32a278594b0e-732780)