SSSI Improvements – Chobham Common: pending £231,000 award

Tender information last checkedLast checked 20 Oct 2026, 12:32.

Opportunity overview

The project proposes three interventions to enhance the SSSI Chobham Common heathland habitat; • Wildfire resilience woodland work – enhancement of 37.96 hectares of SSSI through pruning existing woodland trees to prevent fire spread through woodland understories and prevent fire spreading up into the tree canopy and removal of fallen deadwood to reduce fire risk. • Site wide grazing system – facilitate grazing across 84ha of the southern half of Chobham Common. Increased grazing would create better quality heathland habitat and reduce wildfire risk from a reduction in vegetation caused by grazing animals and subsequent reduced risk to the road network. • Natural Flood Management – conduct a feasibility study into restoring the hydrological function on the site using paleo-ecology to increase site resilience to flooding and wildfire.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Surrey Wildlife Trust

Matched by exact name

Published award value: £231k
Awarded: Not supplied
Award ID: 1
Status: pending
Identifier: GB-PPON PPBZ-5558-HGJM
Location: Pirbright, UKJ25, GU24 0JN, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Transparency notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: pro_25055
Status: complete
Procurement Method: direct
Procurement Method Details: Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen: Surrey Wildlife Trust (SWT) is the established land manager for Chobham Common SSSI and is responsible for the site's ongoing conservation and management. The proposed works, including wildfire resilience measures, grazing infrastructure improvements, and natural flood management, must be integrated with existing site management activities and delivered in accordance with conservation objectives and statutory approvals that SWT already manages. A competitive procurement exercise would not provide additional value to National Highways, as no alternative supplier could independently deliver the works without SWT's agreement and involvement. A Direct Award therefore represents the most efficient and lowest-risk approach, enabling timely delivery of environmental improvements that support National Highways statutory duty under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 whilst providing confidence of successful delivery through an experienced partner with extensive site knowledge.

Legal basis

Id: 2023/54
Scheme: UKPGA
Uri: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ↗

Procedure reasons

Entry 1

Id: singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights

Entry 2

Id: singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Status: complete

Suitability

Sme: Yes
Vcse: Yes

Published documents

Entry 1

Id: conflictOfInterest
Document Type: conflictOfInterest
Description: Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: National Highways Limited
Id: GB-PPON-PGMJ-3793-VBBN

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PGMJ-3793-VBBN

Address

Street Address: Three Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway
Locality: Birmingham
Postal Code: B4 6GA
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKG31

Contact

Email: indirectprocurementmailbox@nationalhighways.co.uk
Telephone: 0300 123 5000

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: https://nationalhighways.co.uk ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: UK_CA_TYPE
Id: publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description: Public authority - central government

Organisation 2

Name: Surrey Wildlife Trust
Id: GB-PPON-PPBZ-5558-HGJM

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PPBZ-5558-HGJM

Address

Street Address: Surrey Wildlife Trust, School Lane
Locality: Pirbright
Postal Code: GU24 0JN
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKJ25

Contact

Email: info@surreywt.org.uk

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: sme
Vcse: Yes

Award information

Award 1

Id: 1
Title: SSSI Improvements - Chobham Common
Status: pending
Main Procurement Category: services
Above Threshold: Yes

Items

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: CPV
Id: 77211200
Description: Transport of logs within the forest

Entry 2

Scheme: CPV
Id: 77211300
Description: Tree-clearing services

Entry 3

Scheme: CPV
Id: 77211400
Description: Tree-cutting services

Entry 4

Scheme: CPV
Id: 77211500
Description: Tree-maintenance services

Entry 5

Scheme: CPV
Id: 77231000
Description: Forestry management services

Entry 6

Scheme: CPV
Id: 77231100
Description: Forest resources management services

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UK
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT: 277,200
Amount: 231,000
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-PPON-PPBZ-5558-HGJM
Name: Surrey Wildlife Trust

Contract period

Starts: 30 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends: 30 Sept 2027, 23:59

Related lots

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 098885-2026
Document Type: awardNotice
Notice Type: UK5
Description: Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Url: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098885-2026 ↗
Published: 20 Oct 2026, 11:20
Format: text/html

Milestones

Entry 1

Id: 1
Type: futureSignatureDate
Due: 30 Oct 2026, 23:59
Status: scheduled

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Birmingham · UKG31 · B4 6GA · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

098885-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender · 20 Oct 2026, 11:20

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

National Highways Limited has published a transparency notice for a proposed direct award to Surrey Wildlife Trust for SSSI Improvements at Chobham Common. The award remains pending; the notice schedules signature for 30 October 2026, so it should not be treated as a signed or active contract.

Published outcome signals

Notice and award statusTransparency notice published; award status pendingEvidence: The notice is titled “Transparency notice on Find a Tender”, published 20 October 2026. Award 1 has status “pending”.
Signature statusFuture signature scheduled for 30 October 2026Evidence: Award milestone type “futureSignatureDate” is scheduled for 2026-10-30.
Contract conclusionNot evidenced as signed or concludedEvidence: The award is marked pending and the supplied data contains only a future signature milestone.

97% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 098885-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078b9d
First published: 20 Oct 2026
Last checked: 20 Oct 2026, 12:32
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.

Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 20 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One pending award names Surrey Wildlife Trust for lot 1, with a stated net value of £231,000 and gross value of £277,200.

Market significance

This is a site-specific environmental land-management services requirement, covering wildfire resilience woodland work, grazing-system facilitation and a natural flood-management feasibility study at Chobham Common.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

Surrey Wildlife Trust

98% confidence

Award 1 · Lots 1 · 231000 GBP · Pending award

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Award 1 names Surrey Wildlife Trust as supplier, relates to lot 1, has status pending, and states a value amount of £231,000. Supplier identity status is not_applicable; no verified legal company name was supplied.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice and award status

99% confidence

Transparency notice published; award status pending

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The notice is titled “Transparency notice on Find a Tender”, published 20 October 2026. Award 1 has status “pending”.

Signature status

99% confidence

Future signature scheduled for 30 October 2026

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Award milestone type “futureSignatureDate” is scheduled for 2026-10-30.

Contract conclusion

99% confidence

Not evidenced as signed or concluded

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The award is marked pending and the supplied data contains only a future signature milestone.

VALUES

Published values explained

Award value, excluding VAT

99% confidence

£231,000

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Award 1 value.amount is 231000 GBP; amountGross is separately stated as 277200 GBP.

Award value, including VAT

99% confidence

£277,200

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Award 1 value.amountGross is 277200 GBP.

Value allocation

97% confidence

Single award value relates to award 1 / lot 1

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The notice contains one award, related to lot 1, with one named supplier.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Transparency notice publication

99% confidence

20 October 2026

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Notice document 098885-2026 was published at 2026-10-20T11:20:58+01:00.

Scheduled signature date

99% confidence

30 October 2026

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The futureSignatureDate milestone is due 2026-10-30T23:59:59+00:00.

Stated contract period

99% confidence

30 October 2026 to 30 September 2027

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Award 1 contractPeriod gives startDate 2026-10-30 and endDate 2027-09-30.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

99% confidence

SSSI Improvements - Chobham Common

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This is the procurement and award title.

Wildfire resilience woodland work

98% confidence

Enhancement of 37.96 hectares through woodland-tree pruning and removal of fallen deadwood

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The published description specifies these measures to reduce fire spread and fire risk.

Grazing system

98% confidence

Facilitation of grazing across 84 hectares of the southern half of Chobham Common

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The description states that increased grazing is intended to improve heathland habitat and reduce vegetation-related wildfire risk.

Natural flood management

98% confidence

Feasibility study into restoration of hydrological function using paleo-ecology

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The description specifies a feasibility study intended to improve resilience to flooding and wildfire.

Service classification

97% confidence

Forestry and tree-management services

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Award item CPV classifications include tree-clearing, tree-cutting, tree-maintenance, forestry management and forest-resources management services.

Delivery location

94% confidence

United Kingdom; site-level location not supplied in the structured delivery address

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The award item delivery address is recorded only as region UK and country GB.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Direct award

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The tender procurementMethod is “direct” and procurementMethodDetails is “Direct award”.

Direct-award rationale

98% confidence

The buyer states that Surrey Wildlife Trust is the established land manager and that the works must integrate with existing management, conservation objectives and statutory approvals managed by the trust.

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Published procurementMethodRationale.

Buyer assessment of alternatives

97% confidence

The buyer states that no alternative supplier could independently deliver the works without Surrey Wildlife Trust's agreement and involvement.

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Published procurementMethodRationale.

Competition information

99% confidence

No competitive tender or bid-count information supplied

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The procedure is recorded as direct award; no submissions, bidders or evaluation results are published in the supplied data.

Lot structure

98% confidence

One lot (lot 1); no lot title or description supplied

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Tender data lists one complete lot with ID 1. The lot record has no title or description.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Stated period

99% confidence

30 October 2026 to 30 September 2027

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Award 1 contractPeriod specifies these dates.

Extension or renewal terms

99% confidence

Unknown

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Information not supplied in the published notice.

Contract signature

99% confidence

Not yet evidenced

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A future signature date is scheduled and award status remains pending.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Commercial model

97% confidence

Site-specific direct award to the stated established land manager

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The procedure is direct award and the buyer's rationale cites existing management responsibilities, integration needs and site knowledge.

Scope mix

98% confidence

The requirement combines operational habitat and wildfire-risk work with a feasibility study.

View supporting evidence

The description covers woodland measures, grazing-system facilitation and natural flood-management feasibility work.

Value interpretation

99% confidence

The published £231,000 net and £277,200 gross figures apply to the single pending award; they are not evidence of signed-contract expenditure.

View supporting evidence

Award 1 is pending and contains amount and amountGross values.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

97%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-078b9d
Analysed: 20 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

National Highways Limited

View supporting evidence

Named as buyer in the published notice.

Buyer type

98% confidence

Public authority - central government

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Buyer party classification is UK_CA_TYPE publicAuthorityCentralGovernment.

Stated policy context

96% confidence

The buyer links the works to its statutory duty under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

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Published direct-award rationale.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Named supplier

99% confidence

Surrey Wildlife Trust

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The supplier party and award supplier entry use this name.

Supplier classification

98% confidence

SME and VCSE

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Supplier party details state scale SME and vcse true.

Site-management role

97% confidence

The buyer describes Surrey Wildlife Trust as the established land manager for Chobham Common SSSI.

View supporting evidence

Published direct-award rationale.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

End-date-based outlook

94% confidence

The stated period ends 30 September 2027; this is an estimate point for future market monitoring, not a procurement forecast.

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Award 1 contractPeriod endDate is 2027-09-30. No renewal or extension terms are published.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Pending lifecycle

99% confidence

The record is not evidence of a signed, active or completed contract.

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Award status is pending and signature is scheduled for a future date.

Supplier identity

98% confidence

Supplier name is published as Surrey Wildlife Trust; no Companies House verification result or verified legal company name was supplied.

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supplier_identity_status is not_applicable and verified_company_name is null.

Location precision

97% confidence

The structured delivery address is only United Kingdom; the title and description identify Chobham Common but no fuller site address is supplied.

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Award delivery address is UK/GB; procurement title and description refer to Chobham Common.

Unpublished commercial detail

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice: bid count, evaluation results, pricing breakdown, lot title, extension terms and renewal terms.

View supporting evidence

These fields are absent from the supplied data.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The award is pending, with a future signature milestone; it is not evidence that a contract has been signed, started or completed.
No Companies House verification result or verified legal company name was supplied for Surrey Wildlife Trust.
Information not supplied in the published notice: bid count, evaluation results, pricing breakdown, extension or renewal terms, detailed lot title or description, and a precise structured delivery address.
The direct-award rationale is the buyer's published explanation and does not independently establish performance capability or outcomes.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who is named in the Chobham Common SSSI Improvements award?

Surrey Wildlife Trust is named as the supplier for the single pending award.

What is the value of the pending award?

The notice states £231,000 excluding VAT and £277,200 including VAT.

Has the contract been signed?

Not according to the supplied notice. The award is pending and a signature date is scheduled for 30 October 2026.

Why was a direct award used?

National Highways states that Surrey Wildlife Trust is the established site land manager and that the works must integrate with existing management, conservation objectives and statutory approvals.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

SSSI Improvements - Chobham Common

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Surrey Wildlife Trust

Classification

Lots

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Procedure reasons

Lots and requirements

Suitability

Published documents

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Classifications

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Award information

Items

Additional Classifications

Delivery locations

Value

Suppliers

Contract period

Related lots

Documents

Milestones

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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