# River Kent and Tributaries SSSI

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Defra Network eTendering Portal
- Contract winner: South Cumbria Rivers Trust
- Award value: £84,000
- Tender value: £84,000
- Award date: 28 July 2015
- Published: 6 March 2017
- Contract start: 1 October 2015
- Contract end: 31 March 2017
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 67711a1e-332f-41a4-8ceb-0b8eea3b1616-133862
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3fe1f4fd-b5e7-462c-8a7f-03405e209993

## Description

The River Kent is designated a Special Area of Conservation of international importance because it supports the following habitats and species which are rare or threatened in Europe: - White-clawed \(or Atlantic stream\) crayfish \(Austropotamobius pallipes\) - Bullhead \(Cottus gobio\) - Rivers with floating vegetation often dominated by water-crowfoot \(water courses of plain to montane levels with Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation\) - Freshwater pearl mussel \(Margaritifera margaritifera\) in one of the upper tributaries Additional information: The River Kent is designated a Special Area of Conservation of international importance because it supports the following habitats and species which are rare or threatened in Europe: - White-clawed \(or Atlantic stream\) crayfish \(Austropotamobius pallipes\) - Bullhead \(Cottus gobio\) - Rivers with floating vegetation often dominated by water-crowfoot \(water courses of plain to montane levels with Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation\) - Freshwater pearl mussel \(Margaritifera margaritifera\) in one of the upper tributaries

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/67711a1e-332f-41a4-8ceb-0b8eea3b1616-133862)