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RFQ - Professional services to carry out a biodiversity audit and prepare summary management plans

Cambridgeshire County Council

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Cambridgeshire County Council

Buyer Address: New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon, PE28 4YE, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Biodiversity & Greenspaces Team

Contact Email: Ecology@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
open
Value
50000.0 GBP
Published
10 Apr 2025, 14:06
Deadline
13 Mar 2025, 12:00
Contract Start
07 Apr 2025, 23:00
Contract End
30 Nov 2025, 23:59
Category
services
CPV
90700000 - Environmental services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
MKA Ecology Ltd
Official Source
Open Contracts Finder

Description

The Council undertook a number of biodiversity audits in 2023, of its key protected nature sites, as part of the preparation of the biodiversity strategy. We have now secured funding to carry out further audits and prepare summary management plans that will set out how we can manage our sites to improve them for biodiversity. \r \r The Council is looking to procure professional services to work with the Biodiversity & Greenspaces Team to carry out an audit of 38 biodiversity assets and then use this to inform the Councils biodiversity strategy. \r \r The contract will be split between an intensive period of up to four months, April to July, carrying out site surveys as part of the audit, then drafting summary management plans by November 2025. \r

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