Framework for National Peatland Action Programme and Pen y Cymoedd Habitat Management Plan Restoration Works
Natural Resources Wales is planning to undertake a pan-Wales programme of peatland management, focusing initially on the hydrological restoration of damaged, degraded lowland and upland and post-felling bogs, this requirements will be largely delivered by low ground pressure excavators undertaking operations such as ditch-blocking, gully blocking, low elevation bunding and ground smoothing. Vegetation management is also required to achieve the anticipated outcomes which will include felling of trees using chainsaws...
Buyer
Natural Resources Wales
Value
£3,000,000
Published
22 Jan 2021
Closes
22 Jan 2021
Procurement details
Source
Find a Tender
Region
Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
Procurement method
Open
Category
Services
Contract starts
Not provided
Contract ends
Not provided
CPV classifications
70332100
Land management services
45111240
Ground-drainage work
45111220
Scrub-removal work
Lots
Lot 2 Hydrological Restoration (on WGWE or similar afforested environments)
£3,000,000
These works are required to reinstate the hydrological function of the remnant bog features on the sites to which they will be applied. Bogs are essentially low-flow hydrological systems, so any drainage infrastructure installed for afforestation, or erosion features naturally occurring or man-made, increase water flow off the bog and therefore lead to degra...
Delivery: Wales
Lot 1 Hydrological Restoration (non-WGWE)
£3,000,000
This lot is for the skilful manipulation of peat and other wetland soil types with tracked excavators for a range of restoration techniques, including raising and stabilising water levels, re-vegetating of bare peat, stopping peat erosion and cutting of dominant vegetation on Welsh Peatlands. The methods proposed primarily relate to unforested upland blanket...
Delivery: Wales
Lot 3 Scrub removal
£3,000,000
This framework will cover physical removal of scrub and unwanted vegetation from peatland site across Wales. Works may be required on All the project sites that are environmentally sensitive and are legally protected at a National and European level for their wildlife interest. These sites may include, but are not limited to, National Nature Reserves, Welsh...
Delivery: Wales
Lot 4 Manual Vegetation management (Pen-y-Cymoedd)
£1,000,000
These restoration works are part of a Section 106 Planning Condition as mitigation for the development of the Pen y Cymoedd windfarm. Lot 4 is focussed on the delivery of tree felling, strimming and general, manual vegetation management on restoration sites either prior to or following the hydrological restoration operations detailed in Lot 2.
Delivery: Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot, Central Valleys
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