CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Great Crested Newt & Water Vole Investigation

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

GMCA wishes to appoint a suitable qualified and experienced ecologist to;

Undertake a Great Crested Newt survey of waterbodies within 250m of 21

work areas, see Annex A for detailed maps. NRW have deemed a waterbody

as, ‘any feature which holds water either permanently, seasonally or

following periods of heavy rainfall’. If GCN are found at a work site, an assessment should be made to whether the work we propose to undertake will require a licence. Due to time and financial constraints, we would explore alternative works to avoid the need for a licence. For example, Cadw required us to undertake a heritage Impact Assessment, where there was areas of high historical importance, the creation of a ditch and bund was replaced by a

more sensitive solution such as placing boulders on the ground surface.

Water Voles – NRW have informed us that although they are not aware of

any records of this species in the proposed work areas, they would like the

potential presence of this species considered by a professional ecologist.

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2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

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3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

See additional documents

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

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

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:121131)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: Gelligaer and Merthyr Commoners Association (GMCA) by way of Gelligaer & Merthyr Commoners Ltd have been awarded a Sustainable Management Scheme grant as part of the Welsh Government Rural Communities-Rural Development Programme 2014 -2020, which is funded by the Welsh Government and the European Union. This award allows the association to run the Comin Cydweithredol – Common Collaboration project. This project will focus on three key areas; • Tackling Landscape Crime • Habitat Restoration & Creation • Public Engagement

Commoners Ltd have been awarded a Sustainable Management Scheme grant as part of the

Welsh Government Rural Communities-Rural Development Programme 2014 -2020, which is

funded by the Welsh Government and the European Union. This award allows the

association to run the Comin Cydweithredol – Common Collaboration project. This project

will focus on three key areas;

• Tackling Landscape Crime

• Habitat Restoration & Creation

• Public Engagement

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice