TENDER FOR HYDRODYNAMIC MONITORING FOR THE BLACKWATER ESTUARY NATURAL FLOOD MANAGEMENT PROJECT

Concepts

• sandy
• beach consolidation works
• natural flood management programme
• natural flood management
• flood risk
• coastal flood defences
• the blackwater estuary nfm project
• hydrodynamic regime
• the blackwater estuary natural flood management project
• the blackwater estuary

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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

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Description

The RSPB has secured funding to deliver sand and gravel beach recharge in the Blackwater Estuary. The Blackwater Estuary NFM project is funded through the Environment Agency's £25m Natural Flood Management Programme which aims to protect communities from flooding whilst providing benefit to nature and society. Working with partners, Essex Wildlife Trust and Harwich Haven Authority, the RSPB will create and replenish approximately 6.7 Ha of shingle beach in the Blackwater Estuary to protect coastal flood defences and intertidal saltmarsh, whilst creating habitat for beach nesting birds, the nesting sites of which are increasingly under threat due to climate change induced sea level rise. One of the requirements of the funding is to undertake monitoring to demonstrate the benefit of Natural Flood Management in reducing flood risk and filling knowledge gaps on the effectiveness of NFM. The RSPB and partners are undertaking a suite of monitoring to demonstrate the flood risk and ecological benefits of beach recharge. This will include the use of miniature buoys to measure and understand changes in hydrodynamic regime following a recharge campaign

CPV Codes

• 45243400 - Beach-consolidation works

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.
• Contract is suitable for VCOs.

Other Information

Supplier to compete ITT and additional documents will be accepted. If you wish to discuss any aspect of this tender prior to submitting a bid, please email james.dunn@rspb.org.uk ITT Document - Supplier to complete P56 Invitation to Tender - Hydrodynamic Monitoring.docx