# SSSI Wetland Restoration Framework

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Forestry Commission](/buyers/forestry-commission/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £800,000
- Published: 23 February 2022
- Planned start: 1 June 2022
- Planned end: 31 May 2026
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: works
- Notice ID: a563d20a-c5bc-433e-88be-943305dcb83c-512669
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f26c6df5-4644-43e9-a421-9a41d763b1e1

## Description

We will be setting up a framework agreement for SSSI Wetland Restoration Work in the New Forest, which is part of Forestry England's South England Forest District\. Our intention is to award a framework contract to up to three suppliers to deliver our programme of wetland restoration sites repairs and maintenance, together with the complete delivery of smaller restorations, for a period of 4 years from June 2022\. Typical works will include: Bed level raising/partial drain infill and narrowing using hoggin/rejects Erosion nick point infilling using hoggin or heather bales Bed level raising/partial drain infill and narrowing/drain infill using heather bales Ford construction/repair Meander restoration Complete drain infill Bidders will need to have the machinery, experience and understanding to tackle this type of work on sites that are SSSI, SAC, SPA and Ramsar designated\. A high standard of vegetation reinstatement skill is required\.

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- [Provision of Lone Working System](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d56a04a3-79ee-4759-8c9d-8badfa327285): Forestry Commission,
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- [Supply of two portable/relocatable, external, weather-resistant, growth chambers for plants/saplings \(self-contained, walk-in growing rooms\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-23d4f5ba-7a69-4a35-85ed-e963e5537080): FORESTRY COMMISSION

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a563d20a-c5bc-433e-88be-943305dcb83c-512669)