MFF 147 2023-2025 Moorland Restoration Ground Works

The objective of this Contract is to deliver Works on three upland Sites in the Peak District and West Pennines. The sites are split into three packages of work.

The aim of the Works packages is to restore hydrology, stabilise and revegetate bare peat, and increase biodiversity on the Sites.

The Works comprise the following tasks:

• a.Supply and delivery of Materials required to complete the Works, unless otherwise stated.
• b.Appropriate storage of Materials, as necessary.
• c.Supply and delivery of suitable Trackway for storing materials on (see Packages if required).
• d.Forwarding of Materials and Equipment required to complete the Works to and within Works Sites, excluding Airlifting
• e.Planning the Aerial Load Lifting Works, including marking out drop locations and working in collaboration with the Authorities Airlifting Contractor to deliver the works
• f.Marshalling of Aerial Load Lifting, including materials drops
• g.Installation of Stone Dams into gullies
• h.Installation of Peat Dams into gullies
• i.Re-profiling of hags and gully sides
• j.Installation of Timber Dams into gullies
• k.Spreading of Heather Brash on bare peat
• l.Spreading of Lime, Seed, and Fertiliser
• m.Planting of Sphagnum Plug plants
• n.Planting of Sedge and Dwarf Shrub Plug plants
• o.Removal of Waste Materials from Sites.