Peatland restoration training site - Tarras Valley Nature Reserve
Scottish Natural Heritage · Scotland
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What the buyer wants
Appointment of a Principal Contractor to provide peatland restoration training, including equipment, skilled operators, health and safety management, and mentoring trainees at Tarras Valley Nature Reserve.
NatureScot is seeking an experienced peatland restoration contractor to demonstrate and mentor trainees on a peatland restoration training site
Description as published on Public Contracts Scotland: read the official notice.
How Tenderoo reads it
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
- peatland restoration
- training and mentoring
- site supervision
- equipment provision and maintenance
What you will need to show
- Health and Safety management response — Supplier must demonstrate how they will manage health and safety on site in compliance with CDM Regulations 2015, including responsibility for CDM documentation.
- Provide skilled operators and site supervision — Supplier must provide a skilled operator/site supervisor and an additional operator/demonstrator to mentor trainees and demonstrate restoration techniques throughout the project.
- Provide and maintain equipment with fuel supply — Supplier must supply and maintain two low ground pressure tracked excavators with tilting/rotator buckets and provide fuel for them during the project.
- Record work using Peatland ACTION spatial data template — Supplier must record all work carried out on site using the specified spatial data template provided by Peatland ACTION.
- Complete any outstanding work after training period — Supplier must complete any remaining work on site after the 2-week training period concludes.
Lots
- Lot 1 — We wish to appoint a Principal Contractor who will: - provide, maintain and supply fuel for two low ground pressure, tracked excavators on the site, preferably with tilting/rotator buckets - provide a skilled operator/site supervisor and an additional operator/demonstrator for the duration of the training project, to demonstrate peatland restoration techniques and mentor the trainees. We ask that you provide feedback and support to the trainees by way of discussing the techniques and providing constructive and positive critique where necessary. - oversee the work on the site, in conjunction with experienced Peatland ACTION staff who will be on site at times during the training programme. - be responsible for CDM documentation and ensuring the Health and Safety on the site, in accordance with CDM Regulations 2015. - record the work carried out on the site on Peatland ACTIONs spatial data template. - complete work left outstanding (if any) at the conclusion of the 2-week period
Key facts
- Buyer: Scottish Natural Heritage
- Deadline: 5 November 2026
- Location: Scotland
- Published on: Public Contracts Scotland — read the official notice
- First seen by Tenderoo: 9 October 2026
- CPV: 45112500, 90710000, 90700000
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