Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c5d-5c03-70a6-8519-1b193f71cdc7/es0216-rights-of-way-and-countryside-maintenance closed GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # ES0216 Rights of Way and Countryside Maintenance [Wiltshire Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/wiltshire-council) Estimated value £600,000 Published 17 Jan 2020 Deadline Closed 17 Feb 2020 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender The Rights of Way and Countryside Service manages a diverse range of statutory, regulatory and discretionary services. These include: • The management, maintenance and enforcement of more than 3850 miles of public rights of way, including sections of The Ridgeway and Thames Path National Trails • Keeping the legal records of public rights of way, town and village greens, common land and highways maintainable at public expense and available for public inspection and responding to over 6,000 Local Land Charges Searches annually and numerous other enquiries concerning these records • Processing applications to modify the Definitive Map and Statement of public rights of way, to create, divert or stop-up public rights of way, to register new town and village greens and to amend and deregister common land • Management and maintenance of a range of countryside sites owned by Wiltshire Council • Devising and operating an annual programme of community-based countryside events • Establishment and management of The Wiltshire and Swindon Countryside Access Forum • Management and maintenance of trees on land owned by Wiltshire Council • Working with and providing leadership and guidance to volunteer groups working on public rights of way and the council's countryside sites, Wiltshire Tree Wardens, etc • Supporting the work of the Cotswolds, the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs and the North Wessex Downs Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the New Forest National Park and the Cotswold Water Park • Supporting the work of the Canals and Rivers Trust, Cotswolds Canal Partnership, the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust and the Wiltshire, Swindon and Oxfordshire Canal Partnership (including liaison with other local authorities and statutory bodies) and liaison and support for the Wilts and Berks Canal Trust Read full description ## CPV classification Horticultural services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/b6f97b44-4572-48d1-b116-c038416b602e) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. 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