Official UK procurement notice
Peatland Survey Framework 2025
Authority: Natural Resources Wales (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis 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
- Recurrence: in 2029
CPV: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services other than for construction · Environmental improvement works · Environmental rehabilitation · Environmental services · Forestry services · Geology, oceanography and hydrology services · Marine survey services · Oceanography and hydrology services · Peat · Services incidental to forestry · Survey services · Surveying services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 8 suppliers · 9 bids on the busiest of 4 lots (1.1 per place) · 11 appointed (full)
- Electronic auction
- etenderwales
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Afforested Peat surveys of Forest stands on Deep peat and assessment of restorationAwarded South West, Wales
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 Wales, that may or may not be on the WGWE. Below we detail the specifics of the most technical element of this work, which is the assessment of the WGWE.
Lot #2Hydrological survey and conceptual understanding of all peatland types (not only those on afforested land).Awarded Wales
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 under this lot.
Lot #3Vegetation/peat condition surveys of all peatland types (not only those on afforested landAwarded Wales
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 data to enable the development of a peatland restoration biodiversity metric, an element in NRWs proposals for expanding the National Peatland Action Programm
Provision of information to help calibrate activities data captured for sites lacking on-the-ground monitoring evidence by improving our understanding of restoration effect sizes the zone of surrounding peatland benefitting from rewetting a ditch or gulley
The evidence obtained will contribute to improving understanding of the recovery time of peatland vegetation and habitats following restoration and thus inform the development of evidence-based restoration trajectories
Provision of up-to-date condition data to support other key NRW reporting requirements, notably NRWs protected sites monitoring programme, SoNaRR (State of Natural Environment Reporting; NRW, 2022) and reporting on the status of Annex 1 habitats and species under the post-Brexit Habitats Regulations (Regulation 9a).
Lot #4Protected Species ( Water Vole) surveys and adviceAwarded Wales
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 the programme on six priority action themes. The program has identified a need to undertake Water vole Arvicola amphibius surveys across a high proportion of its peatland restoration sites, both in terms of pre-restoration site assessments, preparing mitigation plans and license applications, and post restoration monitoring. This specification identifies and characterises the main categories of work required under this lot
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- technical criteria: 60%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- technical criteria: 60
- Price: 40
- Technical & professional ability
As per the specifications with the documentation which will be listed on etenderwales
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Peatland Survey Framework 2025” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 8 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · in 2029
- First published
- 24 Feb 2021, 17:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Jun 2025, 15:15 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 25 Mar 2025 – …
- Authority reference
itt_114360- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-034785- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0295f5Find a Tender
Publisher note: (WA Ref:152622)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 25 Mar 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- document
- Bids opened
- 25 Mar 2025, 13:00 GMT
Timeline
25 Mar 2025 → 24 Jun 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown25 Mar 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Bids opened25 Mar 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Notice published24 Jun 2025, 15:15 BST
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Jun 2021- Status changed to complete11 Jun 2021, 12:35 BST
- Published value updated to £700,00021 Feb 2025, 11:40 GMTwas £600,000
- Status changed to active21 Feb 2025, 11:40 GMT
- Deadline moved to 25 Mar 2025, 13:00 GMT21 Feb 2025, 11:40 GMT+1457 days · was 29 Mar 2021, 11:00 BST
- Buyer details updated21 Feb 2025, 11:40 GMT
- Status changed to complete24 Jun 2025, 15:15 BST
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2021-02: 1 release · 24 Feb 2021
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast7 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 4 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £700,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Afforested Peat surveys of Forest stands on Deep peat and assessment of restoration
- Signed
- 16 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Hydrological survey and conceptual understanding of all peatland types (not only those on afforested land).
- Signed
- 16 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Vegetation/peat condition surveys of all peatland types (not only those on afforested land
- Signed
- 16 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Protected Species ( Water Vole) surveys and advice
- Signed
- 16 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Peatland Hydrology Surveys
- Signed
- 4 May 2021
- Value
- £600,000
- Status
- active
Afforested Peat surveys of Forest stands on Deep peat and assessment of restoration potential base
- Signed
- 29 Apr 2021
- Value
- £600,000
- Status
- active
Vegetation surveys
- Signed
- 29 Apr 2021
- Value
- £600,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Afforested Peat surveys of Forest stands on Deep peat and assessment of restoration | 9bids · 9 electronic · 4 from abroad | 9 | — | — |
| 2 · Hydrological survey and conceptual understanding of all peatland types (not only those on afforested land). | 9bids · 9 electronic · 4 from abroad | 9 | — | — |
| 3 · Vegetation/peat condition surveys of all peatland types (not only those on afforested land | 9bids · 9 electronic · 8 from abroad | 9 | — | — |
| 4 · Protected Species ( Water Vole) surveys and advice | 9bids · 9 electronic | 9 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
13 commercial parties on the notice- ADAS UK LtdFramework contractor
- BOWLAND ECOLOGY LIMITEDFramework contractor
- Bowland Ecology LtdFramework contractor
- Eryri EcologyFramework contractor
- GEO SMART DECISIONS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- Geo Smart Decisions LtdFramework contractor
- JEREMY BENN ASSOCIATES LTDFramework contractor
- MILESTONE ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITEDFramework contractor
- Pryor & Rickett SilvicultureFramework contractor
- RPSFramework contractor
Show 3 more suppliers
- Rigare LtdFramework contractor
- TACP (UK) LIMITEDFramework contractor
- Yellow Sub GeoFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.