Award

Local Nature Reserves & Commons Management Plan reviews

  • Cambridge City Council

UK6: Contract award notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-023603

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04eea5 (view related notices)

Published 21 May 2025, 10:04am



Scope

Reference

DN768180

Description

Cambridge City Council (CCiC) has secured grant funding from the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) to undertake habitat condition surveys and management plan reviews of its core natural green spaces, including Local Nature Reserves (LNRs), Commons and Closed Churchyards. This habitat mapping and assessment is intended to review the 2021 Biodiversity baseline audit that informed the CCIC Biodiversity Strategy (2022 -2030) and associated action plan. There are currently a range of site management plans of differing age and format, we require all site management plans to broadly follow the DEFRA Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan (HMMP) for consistency and to inform potential future BNG funded projects.

The contract includes a report detailing the findings of the site surveys, key themes from the management plan reviews, propose potential BNG projects for further feasibility study and a detailed implementation plan to inform the planned 2025/26 CCiC Biodiversity Strategy mid-term review.


Contract 1. Local Nature Reserves & Commons Management Plan reviews

Supplier

Contract value

  • £51,624 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Award decision date

24 April 2025

Earliest date the contract will be signed

21 May 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 22 May 2025 to 22 January 2026
  • 8 months, 1 day

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 90710000 - Environmental management

Contract locations

  • UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC

Information about tenders

  • 9 tenders received
  • 9 tenders assessed in the final stage:
    • 9 submitted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
    • 0 submitted by voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
  • 1 supplier awarded contracts
  • 8 suppliers unsuccessful (details included for contracts over £5 million)

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - open competition


Supplier

MKA Ecology Ltd.

New Cambridge House, Bassingbourn Road, Bassingbourn Road, Litlington

Litlington

SG8 0SS

United Kingdom

Region: UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1. Local Nature Reserves & Commons Management Plan reviews


Contracting authority

Cambridge City Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PCBT-6819-NDPJ

The Guildhall

Cambridge

CB2 1BY

United Kingdom

Region: UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government