This invitation for tender is to establish a framework agreement, the objective of which is the supply, delivery, airlifting and spreading of heather brash at work sites in the Peak District National Park, South Pennines Special Area of Conservation and West Pennine Moors for the purpose of stabilising and revegetating bare peat (‘the Works’).

Contractors are invited to tender for heather brash works on Winter Hill, in connection with the framework tender MFF 104 2020-2024 supply and delivery, airlifting and spreading of heather brash.

This tender is for the complete works including the supply and delivery of heather brash, airlifting and marshalling of the heather brash to the works site and spreading of heather brash with clean-up and removal of all waste materials from the works sites.

The objectives of the works are to:

(a) supply and delivery of 2400 bags of heather brash for the works which meet the required bio-security standards;

(b) preparation of the bags of heather brash for airlifting, including supplying all required airlifting equipment;

(c) airlifting the bags of heather brash to locations of bare peat within the work site and airlifting bags of heather brash around the work site as necessary to complete the works;

(d) marshalling of all airlifting operations, including marshalling of the individual bag drops of heather brash in areas of bare peat at the work site;

(e) spreading of the heather brash bags on bare peat areas within the work site, to the standard specified by the authority;

(f) Collection and removal of empty dumpy bags from the Works Site by airlifting, along with any other waste materials;

(g) provision of sufficient personnel and equipment to manage all aspects of the works;

(h) provision of GPS records of the individual bag drops of heather brash to the authority, as well as GIS records of the area coverage of the spread heather brash;

(i) provision of written reports and records of the number of bags dropped in each work area to the authority, as well as dates and timings of airlifting operations and spreading;

(j) Production of and adherence to all health and safety material for the delivery of the Works including and the provision and maintenance of insurance in accordance with the standard conditions to the sum of GBP 10 000 000 (ten million pounds);

(k) clear communication with the authority prior to and during the course of the works, including but not limited to; material deliveries, site access, helicopter availability, lift site requirements;

(l) collection of details about journeys made by all contractor vehicles (staff travel, deliveries vehicles etc.) in connection with this contract will need to be recorded by the contractor and provided to the authority for the carbon audit of the overall project, in accordance with the clause in the detailed conditions.

Contract period: 16 November 2020 to 31 March 2021.

Contractors are invited to tender for heather brash works on Dean Head, in connection with the framework tender MFF 104 2020-2024 supply and delivery, airlifting and spreading of heather brash.

This tender is for the complete works including the supply and delivery of heather brash, airlifting and marshalling of the heather brash to the works site and spreading of heather brash with clean-up and removal of all waste materials from the works sites.

The objectives of the works are to:

(a) supply and delivery of 250 bags of heather brash for the works which meet the required bio-security standards;

(b) preparation of the bags of heather brash for airlifting, including supplying all required airlifting equipment;

(c) airlifting 500 bags of heather brash to locations of bare peat within the work site and airlifting bags of heather brash around the work site as necessary to complete the works;

(d) marshalling of all airlifting operations, including marshalling of the individual bag drops of heather brash in areas of bare peat at the work site;

(e) spreading 500 heather brash bags on bare peat areas within the work site, to the standard specified by the authority;

(f) collection and removal of empty dumpy bags from the works site by airlifting, along with any other waste materials;

(g) provision of sufficient personnel and equipment to manage all aspects of the works;

(h) provision of GPS records of the individual bag drops of heather brash to the authority, as well as GIS records of the area coverage of the spread heather brash;

(i) provision of written reports and records of the number of bags dropped in each work area to the authority, as well as dates and timings of airlifting operations and spreading;

(j) production of and adherence to all health and safety material for the delivery of the works including and the provision and maintenance of insurance in accordance with the standard conditions to the sum of GBP 10 000 000 (ten million pounds);

(k) clear communication with the authority prior to and during the course of the works, including but not limited to; material deliveries, site access, helicopter availability, lift site requirements;

(l) collection of details about journeys made by all contractor vehicles (staff travel, deliveries vehicles etc.) in connection with this contract will need to be recorded by the contractor and provided to the authority for the carbon audit of the overall project, in accordance with the clause in the detailed conditions.

Contract period: 16 November 2020 to 31 March 2021.