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# Sandford Heath Peatland Restoration

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sandford-heath-peatland-restoration-ocds-h6vhtk-05a58f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal): "Sandford Heath Peatland Restoration". Published status: complete. Published Value: £65,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Oct 2025, 09:00 GMT. Published submission portal: atamis-9529.my.site.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/natural-england-defra-network-etendering-portal-gov-pb202)
- **Published Value:** £65,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 October 2025 at 09:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Site-clearance work
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £59,750 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sandford-heath-peatland-restoration-ocds-h6vhtk-05a58f#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05a58f`

## 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/sandford-heath-peatland-restoration-ocds-h6vhtk-05a58f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [atamis-9529.my.site.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fatamis-9529.my.site.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sandford-heath-peatland-restoration-ocds-h6vhtk-05a58f#participate

## Description
Summary
Felling and extraction of coniferous tree cover over peaty soils, infill of drainage channels using existing spoil banks and some arisings from felling works. Flailing/foraging of Mollinia tussocks, creation of pilot channel to encourage flow toward central flowpaths.
See Appendix A for Site Plan (also indicates ditch location referred too in below objectives), stored under documents.
Objectives
Phase I Ideal Ecological Timeframe: 17th November 2025 – 28th February 2026 
i. Felling area totals approximately 2.52 ha.
ii. All Scots pine Pinus sylvestris and beech Fagus sylvatica to be felled; the former as non-native woodland cover on peat, and the latter as water uptake incompatible with peat restoration.
iii. Birch Betula spp., willow Salix spp., oak Quercus spp., and sweet chestnut Castanea sativa also to be felled, though approx. 25 scattered and marginal veteran/future veteran trees will be retained, both in recogn

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 45111213

- **Estimated Value:** £65,000

- **Contract Period:** 11/11/2025 to 31/03/2026

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

  - Supplier(s): **CD Forestry & Environmental Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-168330`
  - Value: £59,750 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Sandford Heathland Peatland Restoration (active)
  - Signed Value: £59,750
  - Signed Date: 04/12/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F061185-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-12-04T09:33:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T03:36:47.178Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05a58f