Published date: 19 January 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 24 February 2023, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Solar installation - 09332000

  • Pumps and compressors - 42120000

Location of contract

CM9 8TP

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

Old Hall Marshes

Published date

19 January 2023

Closing date

24 February 2023

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

6 March 2023

Contract end date

31 October 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The RSPB has secured funding from the EU funded Life+ scheme to carry out works to improve the habitats found at RSPB Old Hall Marshes.

RSPB Old Hall Marshes is a 465 ha area of grazing marsh, reedbed, borrowdykes, saltmarsh and intertidal mudflats located in the Blackwater Estuary, Essex. The reserve has several designations ranging from national to international. It is a National Nature Reserve (NNR), Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Special Protection Area (SPA), Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and Ramsar. These designations have been awarded both to Old Hall Marshes and to the Blackwater and Essex Estuaries for a range of wildlife features including internationally important numbers of wintering waders and wildfowl, the range of salt marsh plant and invertebrate species, and scarce breeding bird species such as redshank and pochard.

This project will see the supply and installation of four solar powered pump units, and associated pipework, and solar panels, that will be used to distribute water across the wet grassland in various locations across the reserve.

This project will help achieve suitable wet conditions to benefit breeding wading birds such as lapwing and redshank, and other wetland wildlife and is part of a larger project that seeks to reduce dependence on Diesel pumps to move water around the reserve and continue the reserves journey toward a degree of climate resilience.

This tender is for the supply of the Solar powered water pumps, there is a separate tender for the associated earthworks required to install the solar pump.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Neil Lincoln

Address

RSPB Old Hall Marshes, Old Hall Lane, Tolleshunt D'Arcy,
Maldon, Essex
CM9 8TP
England

Email

neil.lincoln@rspb.org.uk