Official UK procurement notice
Ground Preparation Framework - West District
Authority: Forestry Commission (Public body)
Re-procurement plannedNorth District - Peatland Restoration Framework
What is being bought6 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionCONTRACT AWARDED: Forestry England will be awarding a framework agreement for Ground Preparation in West Forest District. The majority will be brash racking into windrows. In addition, we require brash raking into piles, mulching, site drainage and reinstatement of rutted tracks. The district has been split into 6 lots by geographical location.
- Recurrence: April 2026
CPV: Forestry services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 6 bids on the busiest of 6 lots · 3 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure
6 lots · all with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lotEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £80,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Marches North & SouthAwardedceiling above
CONTRACT AWARDED
The Commission requires the following to be delivered by the Contractor under this framework:
•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
•Conservation works including operations to further heathland restoration including stump removal
·Mulching of invasive species and scrub using a mulching head fitted to a tracked excavator
See specification document for full details Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/V8F5NN9EM6 ↗
Lot #2East and West DeanAwardedceiling above
CONTRACT AWARDED
The Commission requires the following to be delivered by the Contractor under this framework:
•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
•Conservation works including operations to further heathland restoration including stump removal
·Mulching of invasive species and scrub using a mulching head fitted to a tracked excavator
See specification document for full details Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/V8F5NN9EM6 ↗
Lot #3Bristol and SavernakeAwardedPublished value£35,000
CONTRACT AWARDED
The Commission requires the following to be delivered by the Contractor under this framework:
- 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
- Conservation works including operations to further heathland restoration including stump removal
- Mulching of invasive species and scrub using a mulching head fitted to a tracked excavator
See specification document for full details Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/V8F5NN9EM6 ↗
Lot #4Exmoor and East DevonAwardedPublished value£105,000
CONTRACT AWARDED
The Commission requires the following to be delivered by the Contractor under this framework:
- 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
- Conservation works including operations to further heathland restoration including stump removal
- Mulching of invasive species and scrub using a mulching head fitted to a tracked excavator
See specification document for full details Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/V8F5NN9EM6 ↗
Lot #5Dartmoor, North and Mid DevonAwardedPublished value£190,000
CONTRACT AWARDED
The Commission requires the following to be delivered by the Contractor under this framework:
- 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
- Conservation works including operations to further heathland restoration including stump removal
- Mulching of invasive species and scrub using a mulching head fitted to a tracked excavator
See specification document for full details Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/V8F5NN9EM6 ↗
Lot #6CornwallAwardedPublished value£30,000
CONTRACT AWARDED
The Commission requires the following to be delivered by the Contractor under this framework:
- 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
- Conservation works including operations to further heathland restoration including stump removal
- Mulching of invasive species and scrub using a mulching head fitted to a tracked excavator
See specification document for full details Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/V8F5NN9EM6 ↗
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Marches North & South | 40% | 60% | |
| 2 · East and West Dean | 40% | 60% | |
| 3 · Bristol and Savernake | 40% | 60% | |
| 4 · Exmoor and East Devon | 40% | 60% | |
| 5 · Dartmoor, North and Mid Devon | 40% | 60% | |
| 6 · Cornwall | 40% | 60% |
- Price carries 60 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 6 points.
- “Ground Preparation Framework - West District” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · April 2026
- First published
- 4 Feb 2022, 16:14 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Jun 2022, 12:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 7 Mar 2022 – …
- Authority reference
FEE/0913- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-015865- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031381Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- electronic payment
Publisher note: CONTRACT AWARDED The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=696518869 GO Reference: GO-202269-PRO-20284979
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 7 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 7 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
7 Mar 2022 → 9 Jun 2022 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown7 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened7 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published9 Jun 2022, 12:05 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete9 Jun 2022, 12:05 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast6 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £90,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Exmoor and East Devon
- Signed
- 17 May 2022
- Value
- £120,000
- Status
- active
East and West Dean
- Signed
- 16 May 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bristol and Savernake
- Signed
- 16 May 2022
- Value
- £40,000
- Status
- active
Dartmoor, North and Mid Devon
- Signed
- 16 May 2022
- Value
- £220,000
- Status
- active
Cornwall
- Signed
- 16 May 2022
- Value
- £40,000
- Status
- active
Marches North & South
- Signed
- 16 May 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Marches North & South | 4bids | — | — | — |
| 2 · East and West Dean | 6bids | — | — | — |
| 3 · Bristol and Savernake | 4bids | — | — | — |
| 4 · Exmoor and East Devon | 3bids | — | — | — |
| 5 · Dartmoor, North and Mid Devon | 3bids | — | — | — |
| 6 · Cornwall | 4bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Forestry EnglandReview body
- High CourtReview contact point
Framework contractors & participating bidders
5 commercial parties on the notice- Dave Hockin HireFramework contractor
- Dave Hockin Plant HireFramework contractor
- Derek W Hancox LtdFramework contractor
- RWSF LTDFramework contractor
- RWSF LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria