# Shapwick Heath Peat Restoration Phase 2

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Natural England](/buyers/natural-england/contract-awards)
- Published: 30 August 2023
- Planned start: 23 October 2023
- Planned end: 29 February 2024
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 1312e971-d429-4462-b486-12072e2f53e7-676197
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-723df0f4-c8ef-42ed-b92c-d15069b501e5

## Description

This project will deliver habitat improvement across Natural England's Shapwick Heath National Nature Reserve \(NNR\) site through a number of activities\. The main aim is to repair and restore the peat hydrology to maintain peat water levels at a height suitable to achieve active peat growth\. The main activities to achieve this are: • Removal of trees and scrub from the site to reduce evapotranspiration water loss\. • Manage the tussocky vegetation across the site\. • Restrict water loss in all man-made drains across the site to reduce surface and sub-surface water loss from the peat resource\. • Restrict water loss across areas of slope to reduce surface and sub-surface water loss from the peat resource\. • Manage water flows across the site using weirs and dams

## Related contract awards

- [Wyre Forest Work Base Rebuild](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5aca028b-4c32-4fed-9ff8-e4c5a540f7a1): Natural England
- [ETAFFCSFNAT004](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c2ca9dcc-28f4-41cc-a6c1-d91600bd2031): Natural England
- [ETAFFCSFNorth14 - One-to-one Advice Programme](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-dc4f474c-60a2-453b-88ea-14fd1ac7d421): Natural England

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1312e971-d429-4462-b486-12072e2f53e7-676197)