Tender Results of Natural England

Moor House-Upper Teesdale NNR, Silverband Track Refurbishment-Refurbishment of 1 mile stone track- pot filling, drain clearance and culvert repair and maintenance.

RDE835 Developing Green Infrastructure Indicators and Reporting Phase 3-The overall purpose is to undertake additional work to complete development of Green Infrastructure Indicators for the Green Infrastructure Framework's Standards. Contract awarded by Defra.

Advancing the metabarcoding assay validation framework-DNA-based methods have the potential to significantly change how we monitor and assess ecosystems. Natural England has been exploring the use of these methods for environmental monitoring for several years, delivering a series of reports which focus on the development of DNA-based methods with potential in a particular area. These methods are now being used more widely within Natural England, particularly the detection of ecological communities using environmental DNA (eDNA). This is often condu...

Short-snouted seahorse Species Recovery Project in Seaford to Eastbourne: Build and deployment of Hotels-Natural England is seeking to commission the build and deployment of artificial seahorse habitats (seahorse hotels) from April - May, and then produce a report detailing methods.

WADER Project Wetland Creation, Kiln Point, Bamburgh, Northumberland-We wish to appoint an environmental contractor to create a new wetland system to tackle diffuse pollution impacting Lindisfarne Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The project seeks to replace an existing open field ditch with a larger wetland area to slow the flow of water through the system and increase the potential for the uptake of nutrients and settlement of sediments. The work is funded through the LIFE WADER Project LIFE20 NAT/UK/000277.

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Riparian Buffer Strip Tool and Methodology for project assessments-Natural England is developing the Conservation Measures Standard to underpin the delivery of the NRF. Part of this work requires a methodology and tool for quantify the nutrient reductions generated through implementing riparian buffer strips (RBS) in Nutrient Neutrality (NN) catchments to improve water quality. This tool will facilitate mitigation scheme suppliers to design and deliver robust RBS to generate nutrient reductions capable of offsetting nutrient inputs from development in NN catchm...

2025 Shellfish Surveys of Stubborn and Ferrier Sand, The Wash, Norfolk-2025 Shellfish Surveys of Stubborn and Ferrier Sand, The Wash, Norfolk Contract was awarded via limited competition route

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Control of Rhododendron at Roudsea Wood and Mosses NNR 2025/26-Control of invasive species Rhododendron on Raised Bog Habitat on a National Nature Reserve Roudsea Wood and Mosses in South Cumbria.