Official UK procurement notice
Peatland Requirements (Cumbria) · UK public procurement notice
Authority: United Utilities Water Limited (Public body)
Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: North West (UKD)
Awarded value£850,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 14 Apr 2026no call for competition
Awarded to CUMBRIA WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUnited Utilities (UU) has several regulatory obligations across multiple work packages, including:
- Full peatland survey and resurvey programmes, including condition assessments and vegetation surveys.
- Production of restoration plans, including scoping, mapping, prescriptions, phasing and cost estimation.
- Planning, permissions and procurement, covering SSSI consents, landowner liaison, and contractor oversight.
- Direct oversight of restoration work, including remedial works on sites previously restored by UU and partners.
- Carbon assessments and Peatland Code calculations, supporting carbon accounting and investment readiness.
- Specialist monitoring, including water table loggers, peat depth, surface flow, water storage, grazing impacts, and drone surveys.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Apr 2026, 09:03 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Apr 2026, 13:06 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-035183- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0683a6Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
The requirement is a continuation of services that have already been delivered under partnership arrangements and re-tendering these services or appointing a new supplier would disrupt delivery and compromise the integrity of ongoing programmes.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Apr 2026- Transparency notice published16 Apr 2026, 09:03 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published17 Apr 2026, 13:06 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected30 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £850,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUMBRIA WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED1 May 2026 – 31 Mar 2030 | £850,000 | 14 Apr 2026 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CUMBRIA WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender