Published date: 10 March 2016

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: 10 April 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

SN2 2EH

Value of contract

£40,000 to £60,000

Procurement reference

P/REF 00000370

Published date

10 March 2016

Closing date

10 April 2016

Contract start date

18 April 2016

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Bracken rhizomes have been shown to be detrimental to buried archaeological deposits. Bracken fronds also obscure the visibility of many archaeological sites for much of the year, limiting opportunities for public and academic understanding.
This project will continue and extend on-going research into the effectiveness and archaeological impact of a variety of mechanical and chemical bracken controls. The project will be run in conjunction with current efforts, supported by other Government Agencies, to evaluate chemical treatments for bracken control and will incorporate monitoring of the effectiveness of the treatments in controlling bracken, and the ecological and archaeological impacts of the treatments. The treatments being evaluated will include cutting, bashing, feeding cattle on the bracken beds, liming, treatment with chemicals Asulam, Amidosulfuron and new sulfonyl urea 'Sulfuron Alpha'. The research will take place on Ingram and Fawdon farms in Northumberland and Challacombe Farm in Devon. Ingram Farm is an organic farm and has been the site for on-going research into mechanical and grazing controls for bracken, this will continue in the proposed project. Neighbouring Fawdon Farm offers the opportunity to evaluate chemical controls under very similar topographic and environmental conditions. Challacombe Farm will provide the opportunity to evaluate both chemical and mechanical controls in a different region where bracken is also a major issue. Historic England funding will pay for mechanical controls through section 17 management agreements with the land managers, archaeological monitoring, aerial survey on all sites, and ecological monitoring at Ingram will be undertaken by independent contractor(s) funded directly by Historic England. Chemical controls and ecological monitoring at Fawdon and Challacombe Farms will be undertaken as part of the sister project to assemble evidence for effective, selective chemical treatments for bracken control and will not be Historic England funded.

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Please note this is a re-release of a brief, originally put out to tender on 2nd February 2016. The brief has been amended slightly.

Suppliers interested in submitting a bid for this contract should express an interest via the Historic England procurement system InTend:

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/historic-england/aspx/Home

Information on registering as a supplier on InTend can be found on the Heritage Protection Commissions Current Tenders webpage (https://historicengland.org.uk/services-skills/grants/our-grant-schemes/grants-available/hpc/tender-opportunities/) or requested via an email to hpcptenders@HistoricEngland.org.uk

Project Design Tenders should be submitted no later than 5pm on Sunday 10th April 2016.


Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No https://in-tendhost.co.uk/historic-england/aspx/Home

About the buyer

Contact name

Claire Driver

Address

Firefly Avenue
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN2 2EH
United Kingdom

Telephone

02087700544

Email

HPCPtenders@HistoricEngland.org.uk

Website

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/historic-england/aspx/Home