Awarded contract

Supply of Tree Stock and Sundries

Details

Buyer: Derbyshire County Council
Supplier(s): W.Crowder & Sons Limited
Value: £1,000,000
Duration: 2 years
Topic: Tree-nursery products
Published: 8 October 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Derbyshire County Council's vision to achieve the 1 million tree project by 2030 is to have a main supplier within this contract to meet the demand. DCC will be aiming to plant an estimated 50,000 trees each year by working closely with the successful supplier to ensure that both parties are prepared for future years supplies. This contract may be utilised by other council departments not directly involved in the million trees initiative e.g. highways, schools or reclamation schemes. ## Contract award Title: Supply of Tree Stock and Sundries

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 October 2026
Completed: Award published8 October 2026
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date1 November 2028in 2 years

About the buyer

Derbyshire County Council is the local authority for the county of Derbyshire and organises its procurement by category under a five-year rolling strategy. Tender notices are published on Find a Tender, the Central Digital Platform, under the Procurement Act 2023. Documents for each tender are issued through the Proactis supplier portal, where suppliers register and set tailored alerts. Category management consolidates recurring spend into frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems. Three category leads cover corporate, property and ICT, people services, and place. Call-offs from ESPO frameworks for estates and language services are recorded as published council decisions.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Derbyshire County Council's contract awards have been in construction work, transport services and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

03450000 · Tree-nursery products

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@derbyshire-county-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@derbyshire-county-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@derbyshire-county-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@derbyshire-county-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@derbyshire-county-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@derbyshire-county-council.gov