RSPB YELL_October 2026_invitation to tender lower access works

Tender description

RSPB is inviting tenders for temporary access improvement works at Lumbister, Yell, to facilitate a programme of peatland restoration planned to commence in September 2027. Lot 1: The works covered by this tender comprise the repair and improvement of an existing access route used to reach the proposed restoration area. The route will be required to support regular access by ATV’s throughout the peatland restoration works. The purpose of these enabling works is to provide a suitable and durable access route before restoration commences, allowing ATV’s to travel to and from the working area while minimising repeated tracking damage, compaction and disturbance to the surrounding peatland vegetation and peat soils. These works are therefore required in advance of the main restoration contract and are an important enabling component of the wider Lumbister peatland restoration project.