Environmental services

Tender description

Connecting the Culm is a 3-year, 1 000 000 GBP partnership project, part of a 7 000 000 GBP Co-Adapt Programme led by Somerset County Council. This project has received funding from the Interreg 2 Seas programme 2014-2020 co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund. The programme will tackle some significant challenges posed by the River Culm and its catchment. The project will employ a multi-agency team working across the catchment to deliver the project, comprising specialists in natural flood management, community engagement and biodiversity. The procurement consists of 7 lots. Co-creation specialist- this 1 full time equivalent contract role will engage communities and stakeholders to foster collaboration and embed co-creation throughout the project lifecycle. Develop a robust nature-based solution modelling tool to enable sound decision making, adopting adaptive planning principles. The tool needs to encompass and interrogate: scenario planning (climate change), ecological networks, catchment based mapping tools and flood plain reconnection feasibility. Install equipment and undertake hydrological monitoring (including flow and water quality) of nature based solution interventions in order to measure change. Establish a baseline to assess current levels of community engagement and undertake on-going evaluation and monitoring of key audiences/stakeholders in order to measure collaborative change. This 1 full time equivalent contract role will work with landowners, farmers and other stakeholders to co-create, develop and oversee installation of nature based solutions in priority sub-catchments. Undertake curriculum based activity with 3 catchment schools (primary and secondary). To undertake baseline surveys of priority habitat extent/condition, author restoration plans and monitor habitat restored/re-created. In addition, undertake targeted species surveys.