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Quarrying - North District

Details

Buyer: Forestry Commission
Value: £2,416,500
Topic: Blasting work
Published: 15 October 2026
Submission: 9 November 2026in 3 weeks
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Quarrying works in the north of England comprise extraction and processing of aggregate from hard rock quarries, including associated drilling and blasting works. Materials are extracted in relatively small quantities and used in various Forestry England civil engineering applications, mostly for the construction and maintenance of forest roads for the purposes of facilitating timber harvesting. Quarrying operations are therefore undertaken in a number of specific locations, in close proximity to the point of use of the extracted materials. Typically, extraction of materials will take place over a period of a few weeks each year, with material then stockpiled within the quarry, or at other designated locations for use as and when needed. This Framework is divided in to 2 Lots: Lot 1 - Drilling and blasting Lot 2 - Extraction and processing/crushing

Timeline

Completed: Tender published15 October 2026
Current notice
Next: Submission date9 November 2026in 3 weeks

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.