Published date: 22 November 2022

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: 9 December 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Construction work - 45000000

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

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£30,000

Procurement reference

KENT001-DN644303-00871746

Published date

22 November 2022

Closing date

9 December 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

15 February 2023

Contract end date

28 February 2023

Contract type

Works

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

At Monkdown Woods, which adjoins the Bredhurst byway, there is a circular route of connecting bridleways, footpaths and paths by permission of the landowner. These routes are well used by horses and walkers and large areas are becoming increasingly un-passable over the winter months. Please see the mentioned routes in Appendix 1 - Monkdown Woods Map.

The different paths are in various states of disrepair - with different areas requiring different treatments. For example, some areas have a hard surface over which organic matter has collected and become boggy, so in these areas the organic matter needs to be scraped away and carefully redistributed in the edges of the woodland; other areas completely lack integrity and there is no hard surface remaining, so there is a need for more organic matter removal and resurfacing with compacted Type 1 hardcore. There are also drainage issues which need to be resolved to prevent the worst areas from quickly re-flooding and eroding once more.

Please note, not all of the area needs to be treated, but around 80% of the length requires some intervention, such as removal of organic matter. There are several areas where additional works to aid drainage would be helpful, we estimate that there are 5 areas where this is needed.

About the buyer

Contact name

Cameron Croucher

Address

Sessions House
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 3000411901

Email

Cameron.Croucher@kent.gov.uk

Website

http://www.kent.gov.uk