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

ITT Peatland Restoration Contract (Black Mountains)

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

4. Scope of Work

The appointed contractor will be responsible for the following:

A. Site Assessment and Planning

Review existing data (e.g. NRW condition assessments, previous restoration plans, GIS habitat maps).

Conduct targeted field surveys to verify conditions and identify restoration opportunities.

Prioritise intervention areas based on ecological benefit, hydrological connectivity, and feasibility

Produce site-level restoration plans including methods, specifications, costs, and schedules.

Obtain necessary consents and liaise with landowners and graziers to agree works.

Plan and be responsible for logistics relating to delivery of works.

B. Technical Design and Implementation Support

Develop method statements and oversee contractors during practical delivery (e.g. re-profiling, drain blocking, sphagnum reintroduction, rewetting).

Ensure restoration techniques are compliant with best practice guidance (e.g. IUCN UK Peatland Code).

Provide ecological supervision during works where required.

Advise on adaptive management to minimise disturbance and maximise success.

Undertake regular site visits whilst works are in progress, to ensure works comply with specifications and to adjust methods if ground conditions require.

Provide a Historic Environment watching brief during works.

Agree intervention sites and the scale of works with the Project Manager and Peatland Technical Working Group, following completion of survey work.

C. Monitoring and Reporting

Establish baseline condition metrics (vegetation, hydrology, carbon indicators).

Design and implement a simple monitoring framework aligned with NRW standards, including fixed-point photo surveys using an agreed methodology.

Conduct surveys immediately post completion of works, ensuring, with a further 'as completed' survey in Year 2.

Contribute to quarterly and annual progress reports for the Project Manager and funder.

Produce a final technical report summarising methods, outcomes, lessons learned, and future recommendations.

D. Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration

Participate in Project Management Group and Technical Working Group meetings.

Support skills development and employment opportunities for local land managers where possible (e.g. training on restoration techniques, monitoring).

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2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

A budget of circa £280,000 (inc. VAT) is available for this work, to be spent across the three project years (2026–29). Bidders should submit a detailed quote for all or part of the works, broken down by year and activity including management, monitoring and practical delivery of works..

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Required Skills and Experience

Essential

Proven expertise in peatland restoration, hydrology, or upland ecology.

Demonstrated experience delivering multi-site restoration projects.

Strong GIS and mapping capability.

Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Understanding of environmental legislation and consenting processes.

Experience and systems for working safely in remote upland environments, including lone working.

Ability to hold public liability insurance of at least £5 million.

Desirable

Familiarity with the Black Mountains or comparable upland ecosystems.

Experience working within multi-partner, publicly funded programmes.

Knowledge of the IUCN Peatland Code and National Peatland Strategy.

Welsh language ability.

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:170560)

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

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice