Purpose

The construction of the Penwortham Bypass was completed in 2019. As part of the planning permission granted for the scheme, a planning condition required the implementation of a strategy to monitor the mitigation measures put in place for the protection of bats and barn owls.

This procurement exercise seeks to appoint an environmental consultant to undertake the required Year 6 operational ecology monitoring surveys for bats and barn owls, and to prepare a corresponding Year 6 monitoring report.

The report will be required to compare the findings of the current surveys with those set out in previous monitoring reports, and demonstrate compliance with the approved Biodiversity Monitoring Strategy for bats and barn owls.

This procurement exercise has been undertaken in accordance with the Threshold 2 (value below £214,904) three-quote procurement process.

Decision

John Davies, Head of Service – Highways Network Management, on behalf of the Matt Townsend, Director of Highways and Transport took a decision to approve the procurement of ecology surveys relating to the Penwortham Bypass