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title: "Direct Production Harvesting – Kielder South"
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# Direct Production Harvesting – Kielder South

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/direct-production-harvesting-kielder-south-ocds-h6vhtk-05a77a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Forestry Commission: "Direct Production Harvesting – Kielder South". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,700,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 7 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: app.panacea-software.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Forestry Commission](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/forestry-commission-gov-d85)
- **Published Value:** £2,700,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 November 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Timber harvesting services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKC2
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £2,700,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/direct-production-harvesting-kielder-south-ocds-h6vhtk-05a77a#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05a77a`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/direct-production-harvesting-kielder-south-ocds-h6vhtk-05a77a#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [app.panacea-software.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.panacea-software.com%2Fforestrycommission)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/direct-production-harvesting-kielder-south-ocds-h6vhtk-05a77a#participate

## Description
The Supplier demonstrates professionalism, experience, and a suitable work profile in Direct Production (DP) Harvesting. The Supplier is highly experienced at working within heavily visited public areas.  All services provided must comply with the United Kingdom Woodland Assurance Standard (UKWAS), Forest Industry Safety Accord (FISA) guides,  The UK Forestry Standard (UKFS), Forestry England Health and Safety Policy, and all other relevant environmental and health & safety legislation.
The Commission 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 requirement for some motor-manual working and occasional winch extraction to support this work. The Commission may at our sole discretion consider alternative systems that are demonstrated to be fully compliant with this specification.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 77211100
- **Delivery regions:** UKC
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £2,700,000

- **Contract Period:** 01/04/2026 to 30/03/2030

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **TPH LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PWDG-7641-CRPN`
  - Value: £2,700,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 10/12/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,700,000
  - Signed Date: 15/01/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F061978-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-21T09:41:11.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T08:50:10.722Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05a77a