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# Peatland Survey Framework 2025

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/peatland-survey-framework-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-0295f5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Natural Resources Wales: "Peatland Survey Framework 2025". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £700,000. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 25 Mar 2025, 13:00 GMT. Published submission portal: etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Natural Resources Wales](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/natural-resources-wales-gov-ot1103)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £700,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 25 March 2025 at 13:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services other than for construction, Environmental improvement works, Environmental rehabilitation, Environmental services, Forestry services (+7 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKK43, UKL
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0295f5`

## Before you bid
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[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/peatland-survey-framework-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-0295f5#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fetenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk%2Fweb%2Flogin.shtml)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/peatland-survey-framework-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-0295f5#participate

## Description
This is award of a framework for the supply of Peatland surveys. This requirement facilitates delivery of peatland restoration NRW work areas. The requirement comprises various surveys of forestry and peatlands and our requirements are broken down into four distinct topics:
Afforested Peat surveys of Forest stands on Deep peat and assessment of restoration potential base on specification in Lot 1
Hydrological survey and conceptual understanding of all peatland types (not only those on afforested land). Specification Lot 2
Vegetation/peat condition surveys of all peatland types (not only those on afforested land). Specification Lot 3
Protected Species ( Water Vole) surveys and advice Lot 4

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: Afforested Peat surveys of Forest stands on Deep peat and assessment of restoration
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 09112200, 45262640, 71351900, 71351920, 71355000, 77200000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK, UKL

- **Description:** NRW also require other general survey works, e.g. peat depth surveys, GIS interpretation on the ground ( e.g. marking out of mapped interventions on the ground), and other wider surveys that inform the distribution and character of peatlands across W...

### Lot 2: Hydrological survey and conceptual understanding of all peatland types (not only those on afforested land).
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 45262640, 71351900, 71351920, 79311000, 90700000, 90722000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** The programme (and NRW more widely) has a range of hydrological assessment and monitoring requirements for peatland and related terrestrial wetland ecosystems.  This specification identifies and characterises the main categories of work required unde...

### Lot 3: Vegetation/peat condition surveys of all peatland types (not only those on afforested land
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 09112200, 45262640, 79311000, 90700000, 90711400, 90722000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** Provision of robust data for assessing the effectiveness of restoration techniques, thus enabling an adaptive approach to restoration
Data compatibility with the equivalent national monitoring programmes developed in Scotland and England
Provision of...

### Lot 4: Protected Species ( Water Vole) surveys and advice
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 09112200, 45262640, 71354500, 79311000, 90700000, 90711400
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** Natural Resources Wales is responsible for developing and implementing Wales’s first National Peatlands Action Programme (NPAP).  The purpose of this programme is to restore peatland ecosystems across Wales, with a focus in the first five years of th...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (7)
- **Award:** Afforested Peat surveys of Forest stands on Deep peat and assessment of restoration potential base (active)
  - Award id: `013195-2021-1`
  - Supplier(s): **ADAS UK Ltd, Geo Smart Decisions Ltd, RPS**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-19265`, `GB-FTS-185443`, `GB-FTS-19266`
  - Value: £600,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Peatland Hydrology Surveys (active)
  - Award id: `013195-2021-2`
  - Supplier(s): **JEREMY BENN ASSOCIATES LTD, Rigare Ltd, Yellow Sub Geo**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-12566`, `GB-FTS-168468`, `GB-FTS-19267`
  - Value: £600,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Vegetation surveys (active)
  - Award id: `013195-2021-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Bowland Ecology Ltd, Eryri Ecology, JEREMY BENN ASSOCIATES LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-185442`, `GB-FTS-19264`, `GB-FTS-12566`
  - Value: £600,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Afforested Peat surveys of Forest stands on Deep peat and assessment of restoration (active)
  - Award id: `034785-2025-1`
  - Supplier(s): **GEO SMART DECISIONS LIMITED, Pryor & Rickett Silviculture**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-185443`, `GB-FTS-80684`
  - Value: £700,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Hydrological survey and conceptual understanding of all peatland types (not only those on afforested land). (active)
  - Award id: `034785-2025-2`
  - Supplier(s): **MILESTONE ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED, Rigare Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-152293`, `GB-FTS-168468`
  - Value: £700,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Vegetation/peat condition surveys of all peatland types (not only those on afforested land (active)
  - Award id: `034785-2025-3`
  - Supplier(s): **BOWLAND ECOLOGY LIMITED, GEO SMART DECISIONS LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-185442`, `GB-FTS-185443`
  - Value: £700,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Protected Species ( Water Vole) surveys and advice (active)
  - Award id: `034785-2025-4`
  - Supplier(s): **BOWLAND ECOLOGY LIMITED, TACP (UK) LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-185442`, `GB-FTS-152292`
  - Value: £700,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (7)
- **Contract:** Afforested Peat surveys of Forest stands on Deep peat and assessment of restoration (active)
  - Signed Value: £700,000
  - Signed Date: 15/06/2025

- **Contract:** Hydrological survey and conceptual understanding of all peatland types (not only those on afforested land). (active)
  - Signed Value: £700,000
  - Signed Date: 15/06/2025

- **Contract:** Vegetation/peat condition surveys of all peatland types (not only those on afforested land (active)
  - Signed Value: £700,000
  - Signed Date: 15/06/2025

- **Contract:** Protected Species ( Water Vole) surveys and advice (active)
  - Signed Value: £700,000
  - Signed Date: 15/06/2025

- **Contract:** Peatland Hydrology Surveys (active)
  - Signed Value: £600,000
  - Signed Date: 03/05/2021

- **Contract:** Afforested Peat surveys of Forest stands on Deep peat and assessment of restoration potential base (active)
  - Signed Value: £600,000
  - Signed Date: 28/04/2021

- **Contract:** Vegetation surveys (active)
  - Signed Value: £600,000
  - Signed Date: 28/04/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F034785-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-06-24T14:15:15.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T23:21:18.341Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0295f5