Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Lancashire Wildlife Trust
- Value
- £146,213.03
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Agricultural & horticultural services · Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services (CPV 77000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Nov 2024
- Published12 Dec 2024Published 41 days after the contract date
Description
Aushaw Moss is a 28-hectare area of blanket bog within the West Pennine Moors SSSI that is owned by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. A former peat extraction site, Aushaw Moss was successfully re-wetted in part between 2009 and 2011. The Council wishes to undertake further works to re-wet the remainder of the site, prevent drainage to adjacent land holdings, as far as possible, and introduce sphagnum moss and other bog plants to hasten the restoration of vegetation. The restoration will help to sequester carbon and contribute to a reduction of emissions from the borough, an objective of the Council's Climate Emergency Action Plan, as well as enhancing the biodiversity and condition of the SSSI.
About the supplier
Lancashire Wildlife Trust: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00731548).