Ground Preparation - West District
Details
- Buyer
- Forestry Commission
- Supplier(s)
5 suppliers
- CD FORESTRY & ENVIRONMENTAL LTD
- CFL (GROUNDWORKS)
- DAVE HOCKIN PLANT HIRE LTD
- DEREK W HANCOX LIMITED
- VALLANCE LTD
- Value
- £5,320,000
- Duration
- 4 years
- Topic
- Forestry services
- Published
- 20 April 2026
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
We will be awarding a framework agreement for: Preparing forestry restock sites for planting involving the management of brash and harvesting residues. Installation and maintenance of forest drains including installation of new culvert pipes on extraction routes or tracks The reinstatement of severely rutted tracks and footpaths following trafficking by heavy machinery (excluding surfaced tracks and trails) Clearing of blocked culverts and roadside ditches Mulching of invasive species and scrub using a mulching head fitted to a tracked excavator The Framework will be split into 7 lots, which are detailed in the associated Tender documentation. ## Contract award Lots: - Lot 1: Wyre, Mortimer and Shropshire Beats ## Contract award Lots: - Lot 2: East and West Dean Beats ## Contract award Lots: - Lot 3: Bristol and Mendips Beat ## Contract award Lots: - Lot 4: Savernake, Collingbourne and Wooten Basset Areas of Bristol Beats ## Contract award Lots: - Lot 5: Somerset and East Devon Beats ## Contract award Lots: - Lot 6: Dartmoor, Mid and North Devon Beats ## Contract award Lots: - Lot 7: Cornwall Beat
Timeline
- Completed: Award date30 March 2026
- Completed: Award published20 April 2026Current notice
- Next: Contract expiry date3 May 2030in 3 years
About the buyer
The Forestry Commission is a non-ministerial department for forestry policy, with procurement run through its agencies, Forestry England and Forest Research, coordinated by a Bristol-based commercial team. District offices handle smaller purchases locally through direct quotations. Frameworks, including the Crown Commercial Service, supply many everyday goods and services. Dynamic purchasing systems cover recurring work such as tree planting, civil engineering, fencing and wildlife management.
Over the past 5 years, most of the Forestry Commission's contract awards have been in agricultural and horticultural services, construction work and business services.
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@forestry-commission.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@forestry-commission.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@forestry-commission.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@forestry-commission.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@forestry-commission.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@forestry-commission.gov |
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