Carbon credit tenders and RFPs

Public bodies buy carbon credits more often than most suppliers expect. National governments buy them to meet tax or compliance rules, regional governments retire them against their own operational emissions, and development agencies buy them on behalf of programmes that have promised a climate-neutral outcome. The notices are usually short and specific: a volume in tonnes, a vintage window, a standard such as Verra or Gold Standard, sometimes a project type or host region, and a delivery date for retirement in a named registry.

What separates a winning bid is rarely price alone. Buyers increasingly score the integrity of the credits: additionality, permanence, the risk of reversal, co-benefits, and whether the project carries a recognised quality label. Some notices ask for removal credits only, others for avoidance credits from a specific sector such as cookstoves or forestry. Read the eligibility section before the price schedule, because a perfectly priced offer of the wrong credit type is scored as non-compliant.

This page tracks open tenders whose own text mentions carbon credits or emission reduction credits, matched on the notice rather than on a sector label. Developers, brokers and retailers with inventory to sell, and advisers who help buyers write these specifications, are the readers it is built for.

6 open tenders match this topic today, across 4 countries on the first page. 4 of those shown close within 30 days. Recently closed notices are listed after the open ones. Deadlines come from the source notice; confirm against the official document before you submit.