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Forestry Commission: public contracts and tenders
Forestry Commission awarded 126 public contracts worth €48.6M where a value is stated since 2025-03-24; the agricultural and forestry services contract held by NEW WOODS FORESTRY LIMITED ends on 2026-10-30 (end date stated). Source: Arcadium Data, data as of .
Awarded value = the award values the notices state (EUR at the notice date), 107 of 126 awards; framework agreements (a ceiling, not spend) and implausible values are left out.
Buyer
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Forestry Commission |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Buyer type | Sub-central government authority |
| City | Bristol |
| Sources | UK Contracts Finder, UK Find a Tender |
Top suppliers
| Supplier | Registry number | Website | Awards | Value won alone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN HARDING AND SON LIMITED | 4 | €213k | ||
| AAFD SERVICES LTD | 3 | €135k | ||
| C J SPRINGTHORPE LIMITED | 3 | €131k | ||
| Practicality Brown Ltd | 3 | €42,443 | ||
| Upton Specialised Tree Services Limited | 3 | n/a | ||
| CD FORESTRY & ENVIRONMENTAL LTD | 2 | n/a | ||
| Durham Fencing and Landscaping Ltd | 2 | €106k | ||
| Euroforest Limited | 2 | n/a | ||
| GENERAL FARMING AND CONTRACTING GFC LIMITED | 2 | n/a | ||
| G.Farwell LTD | 2 | €67,066 | ||
| GROUNDLORD LTD | 2 | n/a | ||
| Penfolds Woodland Management Ltd | 2 | €94,080 | ||
| PhenoKey B.V. | 2 | €1.9M | ||
| Phoenix MRC Ltd | 2 | €70,506 | ||
| Precision Timber Ltd | 2 | €90,913 |
Suppliers named on Forestry Commission's award notices (the top 15 of 131); registry number and website where the supplier is linked to its register entry. Winners that could be a private person are withheld.
Contracts ending in the next 18 months
| Ends | Contract | Current holder | Value | End date basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 | Sheet Mulching Trial - Norfolk Woodland Creation Site | NEW WOODS FORESTRY LIMITED | €86,443 | end date stated |
| 2026-10-30 | Deer Fencing 2026/2027 - Central District | TILHILL FORESTRY LIMITED | €46,726 | end date stated |
| 2026-11-12 | Supply upgrade to Bedgebury Walled Garden Power Supply including substation | UK Power Networks (Operations) Ltd | €143k | end date stated |
| 2026-12-18 | North Beat Mechanical Weeding 2026 - Inter-row Mow Sites | ENVIRONMENTAL REGENERATION LIMITED | €31,455 | end date stated |
| 2026-12-31 | Visitor Insights Survey | XV Insight Ltd | €76,529 | end date stated |
| 2027-02-05 | CLAWS (Concentrated Light Autonomous Weeding and Scouting) Unit | Earth Rover Ltd | €155k | end date stated |
| 2027-02-22 | Delamere Nursery Fencing | €58,265 | end date stated | |
| 2027-03-01 | Tree Planting - Spitfire Wood, Twyford, South Forest District | Tomorrow's Forests Ltd | €133k | end date stated |
| 2027-03-15 | Design and Build Works for Mains Sewer Connection at High Lodge | ARTHUR CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED | €1.2M | end date stated |
| 2027-03-25 | Enn and Tho Arb 2025 - 2026 | Eden Treescapes Ltd | €56,819 | end date stated |
| 2027-03-31 | Project K: Creating SHINE data for Low Sensitivity Areas in England - Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire County Council | €58,348 | end date stated |
| 2027-03-31 | Project K: Creating SHINE data for Low Sensitivity Areas in England - Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire County Council | €34,647 | end date stated |
| 2027-03-31 | Deer Training Funding | BASC LIMITED | €58,554 | end date stated |
| 2027-03-31 | Grizedale Arb Support 2026 | GSARB LIMITED | €29,204 | end date stated |
| 2027-03-31 | Eartham & Selhurst NS Residue & Stump Mulching | PRACTICALITY BROWN LIMITED | €42,443 | end date stated |
| 2027-04-01 | Westonbirt Cleaning - Office/s & Public Buildings | AAFD SERVICES LTD | €135k | end date stated |
| 2027-04-20 | Groundworks, vegetation management, plus | JOHN HARDING AND SON LIMITED | €58,836 | end date stated |
| 2027-09-20 | 2D Xray sensor upgrade for seed sorter | PhenoKey B.V. | €655k | end date stated |
| 2027-10-22 | Provision of new HV electricity supply connections to Alice Holt Research Station | HIGH VOLTAGE SYSTEMS AND SERVICES LIMITED | €319k | end date stated |
| 2027-11-23 | Bulk Fuel Tanks Framework (framework) | BMS-BULK METER SERVICES LIMITED | n/a | end date stated |
| 2027-11-30 | Gutter Clean Central District | UK Commercial Group Ltd | €53,920 | end date stated |
| 2028-02-29 | Wareham Winter Mowing | €45,456 | end date stated | |
| 2028-03-02 | Oxford Nanopore Sequencing Platform | OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES PLC | €81,276 | end date stated |
| 2028-03-31 | Delivery of Incident Management Training | BOWERS RISK AND RESILIENCE LTD | €164k | end date stated |
End dates checked against the official notice: 99% right (n=100, 95% CI 94%-100%, 2026-10-26; method).
Award notices of Forestry Commission whose contract period ends in the next 18 months: the end date the notice states, else its start or signature date plus the stated duration. 24 contracts; a framework's value is a ceiling and is not shown.
Open calls for tender
| Deadline | Call for tender | Published | Estimated value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 | Wild Purbeck Rhododendron and Scrub Removal | 2026-10-02 | €573k |
| 2026-11-02 | Design and installation of Public Toilet Block at Rendlesham | 2026-10-06 | €155k |
| 2026-11-04 | Fire Safety Building Compliance Services Framework | 2026-10-07 | €328k |
| 2026-11-09 | Quarrying - North District | 2026-10-15 | €2.9M |
| 2026-11-13 | Roof Replacement and Solar PV Installation - Sleight's House Westonbirt Arboretum | 2026-10-14 | €107k |
| 2026-11-13 | Architectural, design and building consultancy services - Dalby Visitor Centre | 2026-10-19 | €179k |
| 2026-11-19 | Signage - National Framework | 2026-09-18 | €2.3M |
Calls with a deadline of 2026-10-27 or later (not awarded yet).
Spend by sector (CPV divisions)
| Sector | CPV | Awards | Awarded value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and forestry services | 77 | 36 | €11.8M |
| Construction work | 45 | 20 | €4.3M |
| IT services | 72 | 8 | €594k |
| Business services | 79 | 7 | €1.0M |
| Agriculture, farming and forestry products | 03 | 6 | €2.5M |
| Architecture and engineering services | 71 | 6 | €8.9M |
| Agricultural machinery | 16 | 4 | €437k |
| Transport services | 60 | 4 | €4.9M |
| Waste, cleaning and environmental services | 90 | 4 | €2.7M |
| Education and training | 80 | 3 | €353k |
| Chemical products | 24 | 2 | €756k |
| Transport equipment | 34 | 2 | €51,429 |
Award notices with a named winner, by the main CPV code; value = the total the notices state, in EUR at the notice date; framework agreements (a ceiling, not spend) and implausible values are left out.
Recent awards
| Published | Contract | Winners | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-23 | North Timber Haulage | SGS TIMBER HAULAGE LIMITED | €72,198 |
| 2026-10-23 | Cleaning Services, North Forest District, Delamere and Plant and Seed Supply | AAFD SERVICES LTD, ORIAN SOLUTIONS LIMITED, CITIGUARD SECURITY (UK) LTD | €1.7M |
| 2026-10-19 | Tree Planting - Spitfire Wood, Twyford, South Forest District | Tomorrow's Forests Ltd | €133k |
| 2026-10-16 | Mulching Framework - South District | UA5 LTD, MRF CONTRACTING LIMITED, Practicality Brown Ltd | n/a |
| 2026-10-16 | Provision of new HV electricity supply connections to Alice Holt Research Station | HIGH VOLTAGE SYSTEMS AND SERVICES LIMITED | €319k |
| 2026-10-05 | 2D Xray sensor upgrade for seed sorter | PhenoKey B.V. | €655k |
| 2026-09-30 | Design and Build Works for Mains Sewer Connection at High Lodge | ARTHUR CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED | €1.2M |
| 2026-09-23 | Forest Research Website | JUICY MEDIA LIMITED | €205k |
| 2026-09-15 | Eartham & Selhurst NS Residue & Stump Mulching | PRACTICALITY BROWN LIMITED | €42,443 |
| 2026-09-15 | North Beat Mechanical Weeding 2026 - Inter-row Mow Sites | ENVIRONMENTAL REGENERATION LIMITED | €31,455 |
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Sources: UK Contracts Finder, UK Find a Tender, read through their open-data feeds without logging in. Buyer = contracting authority as named on the notice; notices are grouped by the normalised name and country.
Source: Arcadium Data tenders database, 3,811,022 official public procurement notices from EU TED, UK Find a Tender, UK Contracts Finder and national procurement boards, read through their open-data services (no logins). Winners that could be a private person (sole traders) are withheld; buyers are public bodies. Data as of 2026-10-27.
Questions
How many public contracts has Forestry Commission awarded?
Forestry Commission published 126 contract award notices between 2025-03-24 and 2026-10-23; the 107 that state a value add up to €48.6M (official notices, as of 2026-10-27).
Who are Forestry Commission's biggest suppliers?
By contract awards: JOHN HARDING AND SON LIMITED (4), AAFD SERVICES LTD (3) and C J SPRINGTHORPE LIMITED (3) (as of 2026-10-27). Winners that could be a private person are not named.
Which Forestry Commission contracts end soon?
24 contracts awarded by Forestry Commission end in the next 18 months. The soonest with a named holder is the agricultural and forestry services contract held by NEW WOODS FORESTRY LIMITED, ending on 2026-10-30 (end date stated) (as of 2026-10-27).
Does Forestry Commission have open tenders now?
Yes: 7 calls for tender from Forestry Commission are open today (deadline 2026-10-27 or later) (as of 2026-10-27).
What does Forestry Commission buy?
Most of Forestry Commission's awards are in Agricultural and forestry services (CPV 77) (36), Construction work (CPV 45) (20) and IT services (CPV 72) (8) (as of 2026-10-27).
Cite as: Arcadium Data, "Forestry Commission tenders and contracts: 126 awards, suppliers, contracts ending", https://arcadiumdata.io/tenders/buyers/forestry-commission-gb/, data as of 2026-10-27.