CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

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

Cwm Pennant Peatland Restoration 2026-27: Hafod Hir

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

RSPB Cymru is looking to appoint a contractor to deliver works on the Cwm Pennant Estate as an adjacent part of an ongoing programme of peatland restoration. The contractor will be using excavators to raise water tables across blanket bog by blocking drainage ditches, gullies and peat pipe with peat or timber reinforced peat dams, reprofiling peat hags and contour bunding.

Cwm Pennant is an upland estate that includes 706ha of protected moorland, with areas of severely degraded blanket bog. Pressures from historical management and climate change have produced conditions in which much of the peatland within the site is not currently functioning at its peak ecological, economic or social capital. Located within the Berwyn SSSI, the site has fantastic potential to return to contributing to a landscape that supports rare and priority species. The site is extensively drained and the highly heather-dominated vegetation structure on deep peat indicates this. Works planned to block draining features will support aims to not merely to ensure that the habitat is in favourable condition and not emitting carbon, but to ensure it underpins a healthy and resilient peatland ecosystem. This resilience includes water provision and storage, resilience to stochastic events such as wildfire, in combination with its cultural and visual value and support for biodiverse ecosystems of wildlife.

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=168205.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

Technique Feature length (m)

Gully blocking (peat dams) 535m

Gully blocking (timber reinforced peat dams) 107m (Estimated 22 dams)

Hag reprofiling 887m

Ditch blocking (peat dams) 48m

Peat pipe blocking (peat dams) 98m

Contour bunding (including estimated m of spurs) 537m

Estimated total contract machine days: 39

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

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

The RSPB will be procuring other peatland restoration contracts on Sell2Wales for commencement September-March 2026-27. Notices will appear on Sell2Wales as soon as they are completed. A map will be attached indicating locations of other sites and estimated machine days.

(WA Ref:168205)

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice