Wye NNR Stock Fence Renewal (SRP) 2026-27

Buyer
Natural England
Value
£21,650
Closes
22 November 2026
Where
London, the South East
Type
Open tender

In plain English

Natural England wants a contractor to replace 1,500 metres of stock fencing on the North Downs escarpment at Wye National Nature Reserve in Kent. The work involves taking down the old fence, clearing vegetation and scrub, and putting up a new fence, with much of it done by hand because machinery cannot reach parts of the steep slope.

What the buyer wants

• Remove the existing stock fence along about 1,500 metres of the reserve • Clear vegetation and scrub, with all clearance finished by the end of February, before the nesting season • Install new stock fencing and complete all works by 26 March 2027, starting in late November

Requirements

What could rule a small business out: The notice sets no formal qualification criteria, but the steep escarpment where manual work is needed, the fixed late November to March timeline and the February deadline for vegetation clearance could rule out businesses without hand-based fencing crews available for that period.

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