DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Awarded contract
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Award of Lowland Raised Bog Restoration Framework Contract by DEFRA

Awarded 14 May 2015

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Awarded14 May 2015
Value£100,000,000.00
SupplierTilhill Forestry Ltd,Terra Firma Environmental Ltd,Stuart Hedley,RSK Environment Ltd,Rigby Jerram Ecological Consultants,Potter Raper Partnership,OpenSpace (Cumbria) Ltd,Ontrack AGM Ltd,Micropropagation Services,Marsden AES Ltd.,Haycock and Jay Associates ltd.,Flintshire Woodlands,Environmental Land Management Solutions,Dinsdale Moorland Specialists Limited,Conservefor Limited,Barker & Bland,Atlantic Geomatics (UK) Ltd,Aegis Services Limited
AgencyDEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS
RegionUnited Kingdom
CategoryEnergy & Environment
Ended 7y 6mo ago4y term
Awarded 14 May 2015Expired 13 May 2019

About

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs awarded a framework contract to a group of suppliers including Tilhill Forestry Ltd, Terra Firma Environmental Ltd, Stuart Hedley, RSK Environment Ltd, Rigby Jerram Ecological Consultants, Potter Raper Partnership, OpenSpace (Cumbria) Ltd, Ontrack AGM Ltd, and Micropropagati for peat bog restoration services.

The framework consolidates services such as tree and scrub removal, peat restoration activities, surveys, analysis, and health and safety design and supervision.

Specific purchases will be made on an ad hoc basis over four years, with at least 50% of expenditure committed by Natural England.

Other expected users include the Ministry of Defence, the Forestry Commission, the Environment Agency, and various DEFRA family bodies and national park authorities.

The contract value is approximately AUD 100,000,000.

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