Awarded contract

Mowing Services - South England Forest District

Details

Supplier(s)
Upton Specialised Tree Services Ltd, GENERAL FARMING AND CONTRACTING GFC LIMITED
Value
£422,500
Duration
3 years
Topic
Services incidental to forestry
Published
14 September 2026

Tender description

This contract is to fulfil general forest road/ride vegetation maintenance within the South District for Forestry England’s road and ride network. The contract is split into 7 Lots, due to the extent of the geographic area. The contractor can bid on an individual Lot or a group of Lots. If bidding on a group of Lots, the contractor will need to demonstrate capacity to deliver all works required within the selected Lots in the indicative time frame. Only one contractor will be assigned to each Lot. ## Contract award Title: South Downs Lots: - Lot 1: South Downs ## Contract award Title: Chiddingfold Lots: - Lot 2: Chiddingfold ## Contract award Title: Solent Lots: - Lot 3: Solent ## Contract award Title: Isle of Wight Lots: - Lot 4: Isle of Wight ## Contract award Title: Micheldever Lots: - Lot 5: Micheldever ## Contract award Title: Ringwood Lots: - Lot 6: Ringwood ## Contract award Title: Public Highway Works Lots: - Lot 7: Public Highway Works

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published14 September 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date14 September 2026
  3. Next: Contract expiry date27 September 2029in 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.

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