# Chippenham Fen Ditch Realignment Project

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Natural England](/buyers/natural-england/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Groundlord Environmental
- Award value: £36,520
- Tender value: £49,999
- Award date: 10 June 2024
- Published: 10 October 2024
- Contract start: 1 August 2024
- Contract end: 30 November 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: works
- Notice ID: cd9e48e3-9e0d-410c-be3e-8b272cb6d2d3-792703
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-43075888-5f98-46d4-b7ae-a043bf4666c8

## Description

The project aims to undertake works to enhance Chippenham Fen National Nature Reserve near Ely, Cambridgeshire\. The project is to block ditches via infilling with soil and installing plastic piling bunds to raise the water levels to benefit the peat soils\. You will be working from grass tracks adjacent to ditches, in woodland and on rough pasture\. The site is a SSSI and is managed by Natural England\. Additional information: To apply for this opportunity you must submit your quotation meeting the requirements detailed in the Request for Quotation \(RFQ\) attached\. Your response must be sent to chris\.hainsworth@naturalengland\.org\.uk by 1700hrs on 13/6/2024\. The work is on challenging terrain being on a wetland and a site visit is expected prior to quote submisson\. Please contact Chris Hainsworth on 07799657428 to arrange\. If you have any clarification questions on this opportunity or the procurement process, please submit these via email to chris\.hainsworth@naturalengland\.org\.uk\. Please note that, unless commercially sensitive, both the question and the response will be circulated to all tenderers\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cd9e48e3-9e0d-410c-be3e-8b272cb6d2d3-792703)