High-Level Conservation Measures for a Solent Estuaries Nutrient Environmental Delivery Plan (EDP) and Assessment of Delivery Alignment Opportunities

Buyer

NATURAL ENGLAND

Value

£50,000

Closes

13 November 2026

Where

London, London

Type

Open tender

In plain English

Natural England, the government body that protects England's wildlife sites, wants a short, high-level list of permanent conservation measures for the Solent coast. These measures would help protection areas (designated wildlife sites) that are being harmed by excess nutrients, mainly from sewage and farming runoff. The work will also explore how these measures could fit with existing plans to reduce disturbance from recreational visitors and protect the habitats that support protected bird populations.

What the buyer wants

• Produce a high-level list of permanent conservation measures that would benefit the Solent's protected sites (Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas and Ramsar wetlands) affected by nutrient pollution. • Assess how these measures could align with existing strategies on recreational disturbance and on maintaining habitats used by protected birds. • Present findings in a form that Natural England, local councils and catchment partners can use to shape future nutrient mitigation, restoration and investment programmes.

Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

Without proven specialist ecological and nutrient-mitigation expertise on Solent-type protected sites, or without the professional indemnity insurance the buyer requires, a small business would most likely be ruled out at the first stage.

How to bid

This is an open tender: any eligible business can respond directly to the buyer by the deadline, with no framework membership needed.

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