Peatland ACTION FW02 Field Ecologists Framework
Scottish Natural Heritage · Scotland · up to £450,000
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What the buyer wants
Framework agreement for Field Ecologists to conduct protected species surveys and provide ecological support for peatland restoration projects across Scotland under the Peatland ACTION programme.
NatureScot work to improve our natural environment in Scotland and inspire everyone to care more about it. We work to ensure that all nature in Scotland - our key habitats and landscapes, all our green space and our native species - are maintained, enhanced and bring us benefits. Our priority is a nature-rich future for Scotland and an effective response to the climate emergency.
Peatland ACTION funding - from Scottish Government - primarily supports on-the-ground peatland restoration activities and is open for applications from eligible land managers who have peatlands that would benefit from restoration. There are no geographical restrictions or target areas for Peatland ACTION funding. Peatlands are an iconic part of the Scottish landscape and have many benefits for people and nature. Healthy peatlands provide important ecosystem services including storing and sequestering carbon, supporting unique and specialised biodiversity, improving downstream water quality, and regulating water flow to provide natural flood management. In contrast, damage to peatlands reduces or reverses these benefits. For example, degraded peatlands release stored carbon and are a major global source of greenhouse gas emissions.
Peatland ACTION is led and funded by Scottish Government and delivered in partnership with NatureScot, Cairngorms National Park Authority, Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Authority, Forestry and Land Scotland, and Scottish Water.
Since 2012, Peatland ACTION has set over 66,000 hectares of degraded peatland on the road to recovery, but this effort needs to accelerate rapidly in the coming years to help address the twin crises of the climate emergency and biodiversity loss.
The appointed Field Ecologists will work with the Peatland ACTION Technical Team and Project Officers located across Scotland to help support species and ecological survey requirements for Peatland ACTION restoration sites.
Description as published on Find a Tender: read the official notice.
How Tenderoo reads it
This is a framework agreement: a place on it puts you on the buyer's approved list, which they call work off from over the term. It is not a single job, and a small firm can hold a place alongside national suppliers.
The notice reads as suitable for a small or medium-sized firm: the scope, value and requirements are within reach of a business of that size.
Services required
- Environmental services
- Protected species surveys
- Ecological support
- Environmental monitoring
- Environmental impact assessment
- Site preparation work
- Ground-drainage work
- Ground-stabilisation work
What you will need to show
- Experience in protected species surveys — Suppliers must demonstrate suitable skills and experience in conducting a range of protected species surveys including breeding birds, mammals, reptiles, plants, and freshwater pearl mussel.
- Support ecological survey requirements — Suppliers must be able to work with the Peatland ACTION Technical Team and Project Officers to support species and ecological survey requirements for restoration sites.
Lots
- Lot 1 — The primary role for the appointed Field Ecologists will be to carry out protected species surveys on request, which may include surveys for breeding birds (including Schedule 1 species), raptor roosts, mammals, freshwater pearl mussel, reptiles, or plants. Field Ecologists must be suitably skilled and experienced in carrying out a range of species surveys of this nature. Surveys conducted prior to peatland restoration work commencing on site will be used to plan the restoration work and ensure all project personnel (agents, contractors / workers) are aware of the presence of any protected species on site and any mitigation and licensing requirements. Surveys conducted during restoration works will also be used to provide continued ecological support to project personnel, including mitigation requirements, safe working distances/buffer zones, preparation of species protection plans and may include giving toolbox talks. Additional information: Scotland Excel is acting on behalf of NatureScot in the execution of this tender but will not be party to the contract or the management of the contract throughout its lifetime.
Key facts
- Buyer: Scottish Natural Heritage
- Estimated value: up to £450,000
- Deadline: 6 November 2026
- Location: Scotland
- Published on: Find a Tender — read the official notice
- First seen by Tenderoo: 11 September 2026
- CPV: 90700000, 09112000, 09112200, 77000000, 90711500, 71350000, 71354100, 90711000, 90711300, 90711400, 45100000, 45111240, 45111230
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