CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Peatland Restoration on the Berwyn SSSI

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Description of the goods or services required

RSPB Cymru is looking to appoint a contractor to deliver works on the Berwyn SAC. The site is privately owned and is not a nature reserve. The contractor will restore the degraded blanket bog by blocking drainage ditches, gullies and peat pipes to raise the water table to the surface and create a network of pools. The work should be delivered to a high standard ensuring current land use is considered.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=144889.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

Phase 1 - to be completed by December 2024

Peat pipe blocking: 226m / estimated 38 dams

Phase 2 - to be completed by February 2025

Hag reprofiling: 100m

Gully blocking (peat dams): 164m / 28 dams

Gully blocking (timber-reinforced peat dams): 85m / 18 dams

Ditch blocking (peat dams): 1,537m / 205 dams

Peat pipe blocking: 301m / estimated 51 dams

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

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Time Limits

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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

Bidders are requested to attend a site visit on 7 October 2024 to see the work and discuss it with the Conservation Officer. Please email osian.fudge@rspb.org.uk by Friday 4 October to book.

(WA Ref:144889)

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice