# River Corridor Group - River Derwent and Bassenthwaite Lake SAC

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS](/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: West Cumbria Rivers Trust
- Award value: £18,000
- Tender value: £18,000
- Award date: 19 July 2016
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Contract start: 1 July 2016
- Contract end: 31 March 2017
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: bc6942b2-9413-443e-ad25-e47887e373a7-105161
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ff5bd946-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

This is a partnership agreement between Natural England and West Cumbria Rivers Trust, the purpose of which is to contribute a number of SSSI remedies for management impacting on the interest features of the River Derwent and tributaries and Bassenthwaite Lake SSSI's\. The project will contribute to the River Corridor Group \(RCG\) which is delivered in partnership with West Cumbria Rivers Trust, the Environment Agency and local angling groups\. This project plans and delivers management projects across the Derwent catchment\. This includes river bank stabilisation, riparian fencing, woody debris instillation, tree planting and smaller assisted natural recovery based projects\. The project will include the completion of a number of projects which are assessed by the RCG project board against a scoring matrix, with only the projects having the greatest impact on site condition continuing to delivery\. This will include works to the riparian strip including fencing and planting, in-channel works including woody debris and gravel introduction projects and small scale river restoration projects delivered through assisted natural recovery methods\. All practical projects delivered under this project will have a positive impact on interest features of the SSSI/ SAC\. 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

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bc6942b2-9413-443e-ad25-e47887e373a7-105161)