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

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Title

Cwm Taf Nature Network & Active Travel Projects

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Description of the goods or services required

The Cwm Taf Nature Network Project has been successful in obtaining funding from Welsh Government’s Enabling Natural Resources and Wellbeing (ENRaW) Fund. The Cwm Taf Nature Network aims to form a collaboration of organisations in the Cwm Taf Health Board region to manage the green infrastructure of the region for the benefit of people, businesses, and communities. The project is split into three themes that align with the Cwm Taf and Bridgend Well Being Plans with the themes of action for the ENRaW Scheme.

-Enable - Increasing access to green infrastructure.

-Empower - Improving environment quality for thriving communities.

-Unite - Creating a connected network of green spaces.

Enable - Increasing access to green infrastructure.

This focuses on ENRaW Theme 1 - Developing, regenerating and broadening access to sustainable green infrastructure through nature-based solutions. We aim to develop, regenerate and increase access to 20 high quality green spaces across the Cwm Taf region.

Empower - Improving environment quality for thriving communities.

This focuses on ENRaW Theme 2 – Improving the quality of the urban and rural built environment. It will align this theme with the wellbeing plan objectives of supporting “Thriving Communities” to be “safe and cohesive”, contributing to: “We will work with communities to help them improve the local environment and increase opportunities to come together to promote a sense of ownership and security”.

Unite - Creating a connected network of green spaces.

This focuses on ENRaW Theme 3 - Developing resilient ecological networks and Nature Based Solutions. It will look at the 20 green spaces improved in theme 1, as a connected network of green space across the Cwm Taf Health Board Region. The 20 sites within the project will be uniformly spaced across the region to achieve three goals:

-All residents will have access to a high quality local green space.

-The sites will form an ecological network focused on biodiversity connectivity through the movement of birds and managing the spaces as meta-population sites for bumblebees and butterflies.

-The sites will be improved to form a network of green spaces that can be accessed easily on foot or by bike encouraging active travel.

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=125403

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

3 Conditions for Participation

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Minimum standards and qualification required

Please see Tender Documents.

4 Administrative Information

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Type of Procedure

Single stage

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

Q1071

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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

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Additional Information

Please see Tender Documents.

(WA Ref:125403)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: The project is 100% European Funded from the European Rural Development Fund (ERDF)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice