--- title: "Bathgate Meadows Nature Park Engagement and Activity Plan" ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000753058" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000753058" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000753058.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000753058.json" source: "Public Contracts Scotland" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "FORTH RIVERS TRUST" published: "2023-12-12" --- # Bathgate Meadows Nature Park Engagement and Activity Plan Buyer: FORTH RIVERS TRUST Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000753058 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000753058) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000753058.json) ## Summary The Forth Rivers Trust has issued a tender for the creation of an engagement and activity plan for the Bathgate Meadows Nature Park. This project aims to deliver a 5-year plan focusing on river restoration and active travel opportunities in Bathgate. The tender, titled "Bathgate Meadows Nature Park Engagement and Activity Plan," has a value of £15,000 GBP and is in the open procurement stage. The deadline for tender submissions is 15th January 2024, with the award period starting on 16th January 2024. This tender provides a business opportunity for consultants with expertise in natural heritage and community engagement projects. Businesses involved in environmental protection and active travel initiatives would be well-suited to compete. The plan, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, aims to enhance the environmental, social, and economic aspects of the Bathgate Meadows Nature Park. It offers opportunities for local employment, volunteering, and community engagement, aligning with the project's sustainable development goals for the Bathgate community. ## Notice Create an engagement and activity plan that will cover all community, stakeholder and volunteer activities and opportunities during the planned 5 year delivery phase of the Bathgate Meadows Nature Park river restoration and active travel project. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Introduction The Bathgate Meadows Nature Park [BMNP] has evolved since its inception as part of the RiverLife project (2016-2021), with the environmental and community engagement project now inclusive of the wider benefits for delivery of sustainable and low carbon communities. The BMNP project area is poorly related to by those travelling through it and it emanates a pervasive sense of deterioration. The BMNP Project seeks to reveal the interconnectedness of Bathgate's natural heritage, industrial heritage and its people; creating a place that once again meets the needs of the local population by focusing on the blue and green network running through the community and the ecological services that the space could provide. The project's core outcomes are structured around the three sustainable pillars; environment, social, and economic. This ensures the project meets the longer-term needs of community and maximizes the investment of these funds. The Engagement and Activity Plan is a key piece of commissioned work that will cover all community, stakeholder and volunteer activities and opportunities during the planned 5 year delivery phase. This plan should focus on the natural and industrial heritage of Bathgate and consider the barriers to engagement for local people. It should encompass all the various aspects of the project which include Active Travel, River Restoration and Wetland Creation. Having been successful in our stage 1 funding application the Engagement and Activities Plan is being funded, as part of the development phase, by the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) and should follow their best practice guidance. The Plan will be used in our next NLHF application to secure stage 2 funding for the delivery phase. The Engagement and Activities Plan should identify solutions for the key aims and objectives from the stage 1 funding document. Engagement and activities should be designed to run parrelel to the capital works being undertaken during the delivery phase and should intertwine with these, complimenting and maximizing on the opportunities they present. The objectives from the stage 1 application include: Environmental Outcomes Small scale habitat restoration delivered by volunteers. Managing existing habitat to enhance biodiversity. New habitats will be created, with space for people to observe and play in nature. River quality improvement Tree planting programme for habitat, pollution control and shade. Citizen science baseline surveys to help measure and plan further impact. Social Outcomes Increased health and wellbeing of visitors to BMNP Explore alternative models of habitat and amenity space management Low-barrier benefit to the people of Bathgate Behaviour change - active travel across the project area Local stewardship skills and knowledge Wider demographic involved in and making use of the project area Increasing racial diversity in the environmental sector Disability representation in active travel development Economic Outcomes Local capital works contracts Local employment opportunities Volunteering opportunities Training opportunities - Outlined in Traineeships Programme Behaviour change - Cross department working within WLC (a minimum of 3) The consultant should be familiar with natural heritage and community engagement projects, and the development of Audience Development and Interpretation Plans for NLHF bids. All solutions should identify the Health and Welling opportunities of the activity, using the NLHF Wellbeing Guidance. Renewal: Extension of completion deadline only. Final completion deadline is August 2024. No increase in overall budget is available. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland | | Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC494730 | | Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 12 Dec 2023 | | Submission deadline | 15 Jan 2024 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 22 Jan 2024 - 29 Apr 2024 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £15,000 | | Lots value | £15,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | FORTH RIVERS TRUST | | Locality | EDINBURGH | | Post town | Edinburgh | | Postcode | EH10 7DU | | Country | Scotland | | ITL 1 | TLM Scotland | | ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland | | ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh | | Local authority | City of Edinburgh | | Electoral ward | Colinton/Fairmilehead | | Westminster constituency | Edinburgh South | | Delivery location | TLM Scotland | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ### Codes - 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ## Release History - 12 Dec 2023 at 00:00 - Tender - PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC494730 ## Documents - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=DEC494730&idx=1 12th December 2023 - Full brief - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC494730 Bathgate Meadows Nature Park Engagement and Activity Plan - Create an engagement and activity plan that will cover all community, stakeholder and volunteer activities and opportunities during the planned 5 year delivery phase of the Bathgate Meadows Nature Park river restoration and active travel project. ## Notice URLs - http://forthriverstrust.org - http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk - https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000753058 - https://forthriverstrust.org - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=753058 - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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