Published date: 18 March 2021

Last edited date: 18 March 2021

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: 14 April 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Environmental monitoring other than for construction - 90711500

  • Environmental issues consultancy services - 90713000

Location of contract

GU29 9DH

Value of contract

£15,000

Procurement reference

SD - 00000144

Published date

18 March 2021

Closing date

14 April 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

10 May 2021

Contract end date

31 May 2024

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?

No

Description

Road verges have poor habitat value due to current verge maintenance regimes. Cut-and-Collect methods of verge maintenance have been shown, via projects in Dorset and Lincolnshire, to improve bio-diversity in roadside verges. This can provide better wildlife links and improved visual amenity over quick growing grasses and weeds (nettles, brambles etc). West Sussex County Council (WSCC) are in line to trial this method and South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA) wishes to appoint a contractor to provide bio-diversity monitoring evidence including comparisons to control sites to show the change, if any, in the levels of bio-diversity within the monitoring areas.

More information

Links

Additional text

SDNPA use an electronic sourcing portal to manage all tendering and quotation exercises and current and future contract opportunities can be viewed at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/southdowns.

In order to view the full documents available it is necessary to register with the portal.

Registration is free and only has to be done once.


Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Rebecca Osborne

Address

North Street
Midhurst
West Sussex
GU29 9DH
United Kingdom

Telephone

01730 819214

Email

rebecca.osborne@southdowns.gov.uk