Tender: Ecological and Arboricultural Survey & Advisory Services Framework – Transport for London (TfL)

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Transport for London (TfL) is seeking suppliers to join a multi-supplier framework to provide ecological and arboricultural survey and advisory services across TfL's railway infrastructure, including in known and potential areas of rare and/or protected species and on statutory and non-statutory designated sites such as Sites of Special Scientific Interest and Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation. Services include Preliminary Ecological Appraisals; biodiversity baseline surveys using the statutory biodiversity metric and Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) statements; protected species and habitat surveys; invasive and injurious species surveys; Ecological Clerk of Works services; Ecological Impact Assessments; arboricultural feasibility surveys, impact assessments and method statements in line with BS 5837:2012 (or latest equivalent); obtaining protected species licences on behalf of TfL; and providing survey data in GIS-compatible formats with data returned to TfL and to Greenspace Information for Greater London (GiGL). Suppliers must give TfL full access to and ownership of inspection and ecological data, hold appropriate professional memberships (such as CIEEM and the Arboricultural Association) and qualifications including relevant protected species licences, and ensure operatives hold London Underground certifications, including a Sentinel Card with ICI-LUL endorsement for work in the track environment.