Expired contract

Major Build - Yarner Wood - Glulam Timber Beams (STA)

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Natural England
Supplier(s): Buckland Timber Ltd
Value: £64,904
Duration: 7 months
Topic: Timber products
Published: 10 July 2024
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

The project aims to rebuild the existing woodland centre and replace it with a sustainable and environmentally efficient centre, whose design is sensitive to the woodland it is based in. A unique element of the project is using local timber grown on the National Nature Reserve (NNR) as the raw material for structural beams within the new building. The beams, derived from Douglas Fir trees, will be manufactured into glulam beams.

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 July 2024
Completed: Award published10 July 2024
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date20 January 2025

About the buyer

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a ministerial department that also buys through agencies such as the Environment Agency, the Rural Payments Agency and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. Suppliers register on the DEFRA eCommercial website, Atamis, to compete for contract opportunities across the department. Larger opportunities are advertised through the Find a Tender service under the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. DEFRA also procures goods and services through the Crown Commercial Service. Existing contracts and frameworks set up under the previous procurement regulations remain valid until they expire.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

03419100 · Timber products

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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