UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

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.

Forestry England have a future concession requirement for up to 4 attraction providers at our High Lodge site in the East England Forest District. The attraction providers must deliver family leisure activities which add to our visitor experience onsite whilst encouraging physical activity and increasing customer stay duration. The attractions must occur at peak visitor times (i.e., weekends and school holidays) and appeal to families. Forestry England are currently scoping our requirements to ensure that the specification of requirements and future tender documentation accurately reflects the offerings of the outdoor attractions market. We invite interested companies from the market to register their interest in this future requirement and provide feedback on potential clarifications on the feasibility of our emerging plans. We also invite suppliers to provide suggestions on potential attractions that they believe would be a suitable fit with the High Lodge site: https://www.forestryengland.uk/high-lodge

A framework agreement for dangerous tree maintenance and survey work for South England Forest District this includes programmed work and emergency work, tree health management works and tree safety inspection work.

This is advance notice that we will have a tender out shortly for refurbishment works to Kielder Castle. Kielder Castle is a Grade II listed building owned by Forestry England. The intention of this project is to refurbish some of the ground floor rooms to improve the entrance to and space inside the café. The works include but are not limited to: partial demolition of the single storey extension in the courtyard, reconfiguration of the toilets, construction of new entrance, removal of two existing staircases and supply & installation of one spiral staircase, plastering, flooring, decoration and M & E works. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://forestryengland.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/369Y5972QF To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://forestryengland.delta-esourcing.com/respond/369Y5972QF

Forestry England have an upcoming tender requirement for tree safety services in the East England Forest District. The framework will covered the safe removal of dangerous trees from roadside, property boundaries and public areas, including the provision of emergency tree safety works and specialist ash die-back management services.

The purpose of the tender will be to build a new database solution to administer Statutory Plant Health Notices (SPHN). The solution will include initially the five big pests and diseases but will need to be scalable to incorporate others in the future. Our current access database is not fit for purpose – it does not support data capture workflows for all five big pests and diseases. The SPHN Management solution will be made up of the following components - combination of workflow, geospatial elements, case management, document generation, reporting and dashboard and server capabilities. Our solution will integrate ESRI and Microsoft components - ESRI components will be developed in house with Inventory, Forecasting and Operational Support (IFOS) - (ArcGIS and Forester products) – we do not need external contractors for this element. The Microsoft components will be developed with external specialists, and internally with our IT Team who manage our Microsoft tenancy The overall solution and integration will be developed with development and integration specialist contractors. We therefore want to hear from contractors who have specialist skills and experience in the Microsoft components as well as the integration. We would like to start by building a prototype to test and validate the design, functionality and overall concept before we go ahead with full-scale development. We want to work with an external specialist who will develop an early, simplified version of the proposed solution and work with us all the way through to the full solution going live.

The Forestry Commission have a future requirement for the provision of lease vehicles across the England, including cover cars, LCVs, vans up to 3500kgs, 4x4 pickups and commercial pickups up to 3500kg, as well as CAPES vehicles. There is also potential requirement for bespoke vehicles under this framework such as modified 4x4 pickups for wildlife management.

Forestry England are seeking to award a lease for a cafe concession at it's Cardinham Woods site near Bodmin in Cornwall

The Forestry Commission are inviting expressions of interest for a framework agreement for the control of invasive tree and plant pests, including Oak Processionary Moth (OPM).

Forestry England intend to award a framework contract for civil engineering maintenance and minor works. The framework will be divided into 16 geographic lots, with a 2 Suppliers per lot. Suppliers may bid for any, or all, of the framework lots. The civil engineering activities delivered through this framework are essential to provide access to the nations forests for all activities undertaken by Forestry England, through the regular maintenance and upkeep of our rural infrastructure and associated assets. Construction of larger scale civil engineering infrastructure will be managed under a new civil engineering dynamic purchasing system.

Forestry England is seeking expressions of interest for a brand-new takeaway cafe facility for the new community woodland at Hole Farm, Great Warley.

Forestry England have a future concession requirement for catering units at a number of sites across Devon and Cornwall. These sites include Mamhead (Haldon Forest), Bellever Forest, Abbeyford Woods, Cann Wood, Shell Woods and Idless Woods. Forestry England are currently scoping our requirements to ensure that the specification of requirements and future tender documentation accurately reflects the current offerings of the market. We invite companies from the market to register their interest in this future requirement and provide feedback on potential clarifications on the feasibility of our emerging plans. We intend to publish a procurement exercise for this requirement in early Autumn 2024. Additional information: We invite companies from the market to register their interest in this future requirement and provide feedback on potential clarifications on the feasibility of our emerging plans. Suppliers should register their interest by no later than Monday 12th August 2024.

Forestry England plans to go out to tender in September 2024 (this may change) to find Suppliers that demonstrate professionalism, experience, and a suitable work profile in Direct Production (DP) Harvesting. This requirement will be for all our sites in England but will be split into smaller contracts so that Suppliers can apply for the geographic areas they work in. Forestry England expects most of the work to be undertaken with purpose-built forestry machines deployed within a short-wood system of working. There is a regular element of motor-manual capability required and regular winch extraction to support this work.

Forestry England will be tendering a concession lease for an independent expert group or company to reinstate, develop, maintain, and operate a Premier Downhill Mountain bike facility. This is an excellent opportunity for the successful leaseholder to bring Aston Hill Bike Park back to its former glory and expand the future potential of this unique site by creating new trails and facilities. The 100-acre bike park adjacent to Wendover Woods, has a 40 space carpark and features graded trails of varying difficulty which are technical in nature. It has previously boasted an impressive combination of moderate to advanced downhill runs, as well as a cross-country loop and pump track for MTB beginners. We anticipate that the lease will be for a period of up to 10 years. A full copy of the draft lease will be available in the tender documents to be published in May 2024. The total value of the Aston Hill Bike Park lease opportunity will be in the region of £500,000-£750,000. Please register your interest with the Forestry England by emailing sam.harris@forestryengland.uk to receive updates on this future tender opportunity. We invite interested companies from the market to provide feedback and potential clarifications on the feasibility of our emerging plans.

Forestry England intend to re-tender a concession opportunity to operate our established Café in Haughmond Hill near Shrewsbury, due to expiry of the current lease at the end of January 2025. Our expectation is that we will issue a lease for 6 years with a possible extension of 3 years. Prospective suppliers are invited to express an interest in this opportunity and have initial conversation with our West District Operations Manager - Recreation ahead of the tender documents being published this Spring/early summer.

Forestry England are seeking expressions of interest for the Play Development works at Hole Farm in Essex

Forestry England are looking to deliver mire habitat restoration across five sites in Dorset from August 2024 to February 2025.

Forestry England intend to tender a concession opportunity to operate an all-year-round stargazing attraction/activity at Grizedale Forest near Ambleside, Cumbria, for up to ten years.

Forestry England are seeking an operator for a Bike Hire and Retail concession at Kielder Forest

The Forestry Commission require a contract for the supply of both general and chainsaw specialist PPE. The Forestry Commission are currently scoping our requirements to ensure that the specification of requirements and future tender documentation accurately reflects the offerings of the market. We invite companies from the market to register their interest in this future requirement and provide feedback on potential clarifications on the feasibility of our emerging plans.