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# Provision of legal advice for Reviving Exmoor's Heartlands Landscape Recovery Project

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-legal-advice-for-reviving-exmoor-s-heartlands-landscape-recovery-project-ocds-h6vhtk-0565a5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Exmoor National Park Authority: "Provision of legal advice for Reviving Exmoor's Heartlands Landscape Recovery Project". Published status: complete. Published Value: £80,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 18 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk..

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Exmoor National Park Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/exmoor-national-park-authority-ons-e26000002)
- **Published Value:** £80,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 18 August 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Legal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK23, UKK4
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £45,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-legal-advice-for-reviving-exmoor-s-heartlands-landscape-recovery-project-ocds-h6vhtk-0565a5#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0565a5`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-legal-advice-for-reviving-exmoor-s-heartlands-landscape-recovery-project-ocds-h6vhtk-0565a5#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk.](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk.)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-legal-advice-for-reviving-exmoor-s-heartlands-landscape-recovery-project-ocds-h6vhtk-0565a5#participate

## Description
Reviving Exmoor's Heartlands is part of Defra's Landscape Recovery scheme, aiming to support long-term, large-scale restoration of England's most precious habitats. The Reviving Exmoor's Heartlands (REH) project is a round 2 Landscape Recovery project that has been approved for a two year development phase, which started in April 2024.
The project aims to restore Exmoor's central moorlands to a thriving ecological state with good habitat connectivity to the wider landscape, supported by viable farming. The project area spans approximately 12,000 hectares made up of a cluster of over 20 upland farms and moorland landholdings including large areas of common land, supporting mainly extensive beef and sheep enterprises.
The provision of this contract is for:
Advise on Legal Structure and Governance
- Evaluate and compare options for suitable legal entity structures aligned with the project goals (e.g. CIC, CIO, LLP, BenCom).
- Present clear and actionable advice to the project steering group and participants via an evening workshop to make a final decision on the legal form and governance arrangements.
- Draft a fit-for-purpose governance structure and plan for the selected SLE model compliant with HM Treasury's Managing Public Money principles.
Draft and Review Legal Agreements
- Draft and advise on:
- Agreements between the SLE and land managers/commoners associations.
- Implementation agreement with Natural England.
- Contracts with private investors and partners.
- Identify and evaluate legal tools to safeguard environmental outcomes (e.g. conservation covenants, land trusts).
- Ensure agreements:
- Provide long-term environmental and legal security.
- Address enforcement, flexibility, and succession planning for land ownership.
Conduct Land & Title Due Diligence
- Review land ownership titles for risks, rights, or restrictions.
- Complete due diligence letters to be submitted to Natural England before contract signing.
- Identify and propose resolutions for any legal impediments to delivery.
Statutory Consents and Risk Management
- Identify required statutory consents, permits, or licenses.
- Highlight legal risks and develop mitigation strategies.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79100000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £80,000

- **Contract Period:** 21/09/2025 to 31/03/2026
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **DAVITT JONES BOULD LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-171754`
  - Value: £45,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £45,000
  - Signed Date: 05/10/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F042867-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-24T13:48:57.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T23:42:56.675Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0565a5