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Natural England

Protected Species Monitoring and Survey - Survey of Bechstein's, Grey Long Eared and Barbastelle bat colonies around Creech Grange, Purbeck, Dorset to inform SSSI

R&DCPV 73000000
Value£48k
Awarded19 May 2023
Published29 Feb 2024
RegionSouth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£48ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£561k

This sits in the lower-middle of the Research & Development band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 20,405 valued Research & Development tenders in our corpus.

The brief

A survey of Bechstein's, Grey Long Eared and Barbastelle bat colonies is required to inform revision of the designation and needs to address three key objectives: - To identify whether there are maternity roosts for Barbastelle, Grey Long Eared and Bechstein's bat in the vicinity of Creech Grange - If maternity roosts are found, to undertake roost counts to establish the size of the colony(ies) and identify the key roosts, feeding areas and commuting routes used over the summer active period. - To synthesise the evidence to inform the designation as appropriate.

It is appreciated that surveys will need to be flexible depending on the results found.

The quote should include costings as per the Request for Quotation document, section 3.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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A survey of Bechstein's, Grey Long Eared

A survey of Bechstein's, Grey Long Eared and Barbastelle bat colonies is required to inform revision of the designation and needs to address three key objectives:.

02

It is appreciated that surveys will need

It is appreciated that surveys will need to be flexible depending on the results found.

03

The quote should include costings as per

The quote should include costings as per the Request for Quotation document, section 3.

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Source & provenance
OCID
2a46bc1d-f72e-44db-aeb7-cde73d951dad
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
Creech Barb Bech GLE 2023
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