# Lot 1f Restoration of Humberhead Peatlands Life\+ Project Thorne and Hatfield Moors using the ‘Fail to ground and reduce all timber to chip’ method

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS](/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Tilhill Forestry Ltd](/suppliers/tilhill-forestry/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £251,101
- Tender value: £251,101
- Award date: 2 December 2015
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Contract start: 19 November 2015
- Contract end: 28 February 2016
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 022ffaa0-f420-4d00-87f8-97ba137f87df-84336
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2feb9229-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

Specification for carrying out works to remove scrub on 116 ha Thorne and Hatfield Moor formerly milled peat workings near Doncaster, South Yorkshire The Humberhead Peatlands are the UK’s largest lowland raised bog complex in the UK\. They are designated under the EU Habitats and Birds Directives as part of the Natura 2000 network of sites\. The “Restoring Humberhead Peatlands: LIFE\+ Project” \(THAT’S LIFE\) aims to restore the bogs of Thorne Moors Special Area of Conservation \(SAC\) and Hatfield Moors SAC to allow the sites to achieve favourable SAC status; to increase the population of breeding Nightjars on the Thorne and Hatfield Moors Special Protection Area \(SPA\) and; to work with local communities to increase awareness of the importance of these sites\. Additional information: Please note that Defra procurement uses e-tendering, provided by Bravosolutions\. In order to access the Bravo system you will need to be registered\. Could I therefore request that you register on the Bravo portal for Defra\. If you’re already registered on the Bravo portal please check that your registration includes Defra, as you have to specify us in order to correctly receive the tender documents\. If you have any problems with the registration process, please contact the Bravo helpline on 0800 368 4850 or alternatively email them at help@bravosolution\.co\.uk\. The link you require for new registration/amendments to registrations is - https://defra\.bravosolution\.co\.uk

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## Source

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