Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Natural England · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £79,051
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- Waste, cleaning & environmental · Environmental services (CPV 90700000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
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- Timeline
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- Contract date29 Nov 2024
- Published19 Dec 2024Published 20 days after the contract date
Description
The River Caldew is part of the River Eden and Tributaries Site of Special Scientific Interest and Special Area of Conservation. The site has been designated for its river habitats and geomorphology, lake, alluvial alder woodland and many species including salmon, lamprey species, bullhead, white-clawed crayfish and otter. The River Caldew and much of its floodplain has been greatly modified in the past through land drainage and historic modifications to the river including straightening, embankments, dredging and other flood defence activities. Riparian habitat is also grazed by both sheep and cattle. For this reason the condition of the SSSI/SAC is unfavourable. In 2010, Natural England and the Environment Agency completed a restoration strategy for the River Caldew (Jacobs 2010). This included various river restoration option for the River Caldew, including reconnection of paleochannels and removal of bank reinforcements to promote natural processes with a more sinuous channel plan…
About the supplier
Ove Arup & Partners Limited Primary: every public contract they have won.