CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Land Management of HMP Berwyn Ecological Mitigation Area

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Wrexham County Borough Council require a suitably qualified organisation/body to undertake landscape and habitat management operations and ecological monitoring on Site. The Site must continue to be managed for the favourable condition of wildlife, including Great Crested Newt (GCN) which are protected under the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (as amended). Applications must include evidence of:

1. Experience and licenses (if relevant) in relation to botany, amphibians, reptiles, invertebrates, birds and bats;

2. Biosecurity

3. Delivery of species-specific management and surveillance;

4. Availability and access to specialist internal/external advice and support at local and national spatial scales

The successful organisation will be responsible for operational management and maintenance of the Site for an initial period of 5 years with the opportunities to extend this for up to a further 5 years.

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=115506

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Detailed in the Invitation to Tender 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:115506)

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

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice