Published date: 9 October 2020

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: 26 October 2020, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products - 03000000

  • Repair and maintenance services - 50000000

  • Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services - 71000000

    • Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services - 77000000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£10,000

Procurement reference

DN503746

Published date

9 October 2020

Closing date

26 October 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 December 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Contract type

Works

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Stanley Ghyll is, "one of the finest waterfall ravines in the Lake District". (https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1000018.pdf). The humid, sheltered conditions within the 10 hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) protect a rich community of mosses, lichen, liverwort and notable rare ferns. Birker Beck, the waterfall and adjacent woodlands form the most important habitat for these plants in southwest Lakeland. The awe-inspiring landscape and unusual biodiversity motivated exploration en masse and Stanley Ghyll became a popular destination for tourism and artistic endeavour in the late Georgian and early Victorian eras.

Indeed, about this time, the property served as a nursery for the gardens of Muncaster Castle and the Victorian fascination with rhododendron saw the planting of many different species throughout the site. The common, invasive ponticum variety thrived in the steep sided gorge of Stanley Ghyll and in less than one hundred years, the property was a sprawling mass of densely packed, unchecked rhododendron growth; poisoning the soils, shutting out the light and the views and preventing the natural progression of the native species.

Please apply through The Chest
https://www.the-chest.org.uk/


About the buyer

Contact name

Rec Cathey

Address

Murley Moss Business Park Oxenholme Road
KENDAL
LA97RL
England

Telephone

07990 603830

Email

rec.cathey@lakedistrict.gov.uk

Website

https://www.the-chest.org.uk/