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title: "RSPB Minsmere: Scrape enhancement"
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# RSPB Minsmere: Scrape enhancement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rspb-minsmere-scrape-enhancement-ocds-h6vhtk-02c761). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS: "RSPB Minsmere: Scrape enhancement". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Aug 2021, 17:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/royal-society-for-the-protection-of-birds-coh-rc000521)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 August 2021 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Construction work
- **Delivery Location:** UKH
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02c761`

## 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/rspb-minsmere-scrape-enhancement-ocds-h6vhtk-02c761#tl-md)

## Description
The objective of this project is to enhance the scrape at Minsmere by the rejuventation of existing islands, construction of new islands, constructing/removing/reprofiling bunds, installing new water control structures and creating variation in the topography of the bed of the lagoon. 
To achieve this, 27 islands will be rejuvenated/created/enlarged, and 9 new sluices installed.  100m of new bund to be created, 220m removed and 400m built up. 620m³ reed rhizomes to be relocated. Spoil will be won from locations both inside and outside the scrape and which will have to be transported around the site (approx. 4168m³).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** The aim of the project is the rejuvenation of the iconic Minsmere 'Scrape' to benefit a range of breeding and wintering birds. The Scrape is old: the lagoons lack topographical variation and there are large areas of 'dead ground' (e.g. lagoon edge an...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016367-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-07-13T13:32:59.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T13:04:55.189Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02c761