Official UK procurement notice
ID 6292545 - DAERA - Forest Service - Composite Forestry Operations Framework
Authority: DAERA - Forest Service (Central government)·On behalf of: CPD
What is being bought12 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionDAERA Forest Service established a Framework Agreement to appoint a list of Suppliers to carry out various services across Forest Service sites in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) will also use Lots 7-9.
Other Departments or branches of DAERA for example College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) and Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) reserve the right to join during the period of the contract.
CPV: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services · Erection of fencing · Forest administration services · Forest pest control services · Forestry management services · Forestry services · Weed-clearance services · Weed-killing services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Bids received
- 9 bids on the busiest of 12 lots · 12 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 2 Mar 2026
Published description of the framework
Work will be allocated on a call off basis. For each Lot, the work package based on timescale and operational constraints will be awarded to the MAT Supplier ranked 1st.
The Supplier ranked 2nd will be required to deliver in the event of:
- Supplier 1 having a Conflict of Interest or not having capacity to deliver the work package within the specified required timeframe and operational constraints set by Forest Service; or
- Supplier 1 not accepting the offer of work for whatever reason, or not responding to the offer of work within 2 working days; or
- Supplier 1 having been removed from the call-off list.
This process will continue until the list is exhausted. The next work package will again be offered to the Supplier ranked 1st even if they did not accept the previous assignment.
Lots and requirements (12)Procurement structure
12 lots · all with a published valueEvery one of these 3 lots carries the same published figure, £186,000: 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 #1Chemical Application – Down/ArmaghAwardedRenewalPublished value£66,000
The source published no individual description for this lot.
- Technical & professional ability
TA1 - Company Experience
TA2 - Health and Safety Policy Statement
TA3 - First Aid + F (Forestry)
TA4 - Training Qualifications – Pesticides
Lot #2Chemical Application – Tyrone/FermanaghAwardedRenewalPublished value£66,000
The source published no individual description for this lot.
- Technical & professional ability
TA1 - Company Experience
TA2 - Health and Safety Policy Statement
TA3 - First Aid + F (Forestry)
TA4 - Training Qualifications – Pesticides
Lot #3Chemical Application – Antrim/DerryAwardedRenewalPublished value£66,000
The source published no individual description for this lot.
- Technical & professional ability
TA1 - Company Experience
TA2 - Health and Safety Policy Statement
TA3 - First Aid + F (Forestry)
TA4 - Training Qualifications – Pesticides
Lot #4Survey and Plot Data Collection – Down/ArmaghAwardedRenewalPublished value£13,000
The source published no individual description for this lot.
- Technical & professional ability
TA1 - Company Experience
TA2 - Health and Safety Policy Statement
TA3 - First Aid + F (Forestry)
Lot #5Survey and Plot Data Collection – Tyrone/FermanaghAwardedRenewalPublished value£13,000
The source published no individual description for this lot.
- Technical & professional ability
TA1 - Company Experience
TA2 - Health and Safety Policy Statement
TA3 - First Aid + F (Forestry)
Lot #6Survey and Plot Data Collection – Antrim/DerryAwardedRenewalPublished value£13,000
The source published no individual description for this lot.
- Technical & professional ability
TA1 - Company Experience
TA2 - Health and Safety Policy Statement
TA3 - First Aid + F (Forestry)
Lot #7Fencing – Down/ArmaghAwardedRenewalceiling above
The source published no individual description for this lot.
- Technical & professional ability
TA1 - Company Experience
TA2 - Health and Safety Policy Statement
TA3 - First Aid + F (Forestry)
TA4 - Training Qualification – ATV Training/Licensing
Lot #8Fencing – Tyrone/FermanaghAwardedRenewalceiling above
The source published no individual description for this lot.
- Technical & professional ability
TA1 - Company Experience
TA2 - Health and Safety Policy Statement
TA3 - First Aid + F (Forestry)
TA4 - Training Qualification – ATV Training/Licensing
Lot #9Fencing – Antrim/DerryAwardedRenewalceiling above
The source published no individual description for this lot.
- Technical & professional ability
TA1 - Company Experience
TA2 - Health and Safety Policy Statement
TA3 - First Aid + F (Forestry)
TA4 - Training Qualification – ATV Training/Licensing
Lot #10Hand Weeding – Down/ArmaghAwardedRenewalPublished value£40,000
The source published no individual description for this lot.
- Technical & professional ability
TA1 - Company Experience
TA2 - Health and Safety Policy Statement
TA3 - First Aid + F (Forestry)
TA4 - Training Qualification – ATV Training/Licensing
Lot #11Hand Weeding – Tyrone/FermanaghAwardedRenewalPublished value£40,000
The source published no individual description for this lot.
- Technical & professional ability
TA1 - Company Experience
TA2 - Health and Safety Policy Statement
TA3 - First Aid + F (Forestry)
TA4 - Training Qualification – ATV Training/Licensing
Lot #12Hand Weeding – Antrim/DerryAwardedRenewalPublished value£40,000
The source published no individual description for this lot.
- Technical & professional ability
TA1 - Company Experience
TA2 - Health and Safety Policy Statement
TA3 - First Aid + F (Forestry)
TA4 - Training Qualification – ATV Training/Licensing
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).
- “ID 6292545 - DAERA - Forest Service - Composite Forestry Operations…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Dec 2025, 10:24 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 May 2026, 11:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
ID 6292545- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-084199- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f8b1Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
For further details on invoicing procedures please see : www.finance-ni.gov.uk/ar ↗ ticles/account-ni-good-invoicing-practice
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 26 Jan 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Jan 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders must be submitted electronically via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) opportunity on eTendersNI, website details immediately below.
Paper submissions will not be accepted or considered and will be rejected by the Contracting Authority / Buyer.
The tender documents are available with unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: URL etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗
Timeline
18 Dec 2025 → 21 May 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published307 days ago18 Dec 2025, 10:24 GMT
- Clarification questions by277 days ago16 Jan 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period ends267 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown26 Jan 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by246 days ago16 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts233 days ago2 Mar 2026
- Assessment summaries sent219 days ago16 Mar 2026
- Standstill ends196 days ago7 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published153 days ago21 May 2026, 11:06 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Dec 2025- Tender notice published18 Dec 2025, 10:24 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published25 Mar 2026, 16:19 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete25 Mar 2026, 16:19 GMT
- Contract signature expected8 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published21 May 2026, 11:06 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast£950,000 is the framework's published maximum, restated by the publisher on 12 award rows. It is one ceiling, not 12 separate sums, and no share per lot is published; those rows read “ceiling above”.
Contracts
All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £186,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Lot 1 - Chemical Application - Down/Armagh · ELM FORESTRY AND LANDSCAPING LTDSME, GARDINER FARM AND FOREST SERVICESSMEVCSE, SCOTTISH WOODLANDS LIMITEDSME, Seasonal Outdoor Services LtdSME, Valley Forestry Services LTDSME
- Signed
- 23 Apr 2026
- Value
- £66,000
- Period
- 24 Apr 2026 – 23 Apr 2028 · up to 23 Apr 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- There is one option to extend for any period up to 2 years.
Lot 10 - Hand Weeding - Down/Armagh · ELM FORESTRY AND LANDSCAPING LTDSME, GARDINER FARM AND FOREST SERVICESSMEVCSE, SCOTTISH WOODLANDS LIMITEDSME, Valley Forestry Services LTDSME
- Signed
- 23 Apr 2026
- Value
- £40,000
- Period
- 24 Apr 2026 – 23 Apr 2028 · up to 23 Apr 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- There is one option to extend for any period up to 2 years
Lot 11 - Hand Weeding - Tyrone/Fermanagh · ELM FORESTRY AND LANDSCAPING LTDSME, GARDINER FARM AND FOREST SERVICESSMEVCSE, L & M Fencing ContractsSME, SCOTTISH WOODLANDS LIMITEDSME, Valley Forestry Services LTDSME
- Signed
- 23 Apr 2026
- Value
- £40,000
- Period
- 24 Apr 2026 – 23 Apr 2028 · up to 23 Apr 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- There is one option to extend for any period up to 2 years
Lot 12 - Hand Weeding - Antrim/Derry · ELM FORESTRY AND LANDSCAPING LTDSME, GARDINER FARM AND FOREST SERVICESSMEVCSE, SCOTTISH WOODLANDS LIMITEDSME, Valley Forestry Services LTDSME
- Signed
- 23 Apr 2026
- Value
- £40,000
- Period
- 24 Apr 2026 – 23 Apr 2028 · up to 23 Apr 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- There is one option to extend for any period up to 2 years.
Lot 2 - Chemical Application - Tyrone/Fermanagh · ELM FORESTRY AND LANDSCAPING LTDSME, GARDINER FARM AND FOREST SERVICESSMEVCSE, L & M Fencing ContractsSME, SCOTTISH WOODLANDS LIMITEDSME, Seasonal Outdoor Services LtdSME, Valley Forestry Services LTDSME
- Signed
- 23 Apr 2026
- Value
- £66,000
- Period
- 24 Apr 2026 – 23 Apr 2028 · up to 23 Apr 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- There is one option to extend for any period up to 2 years.
Lot 3 - Chemical Application - Antrim/Derry · ELM FORESTRY AND LANDSCAPING LTDSME, GARDINER FARM AND FOREST SERVICESSMEVCSE, SCOTTISH WOODLANDS LIMITEDSME, Seasonal Outdoor Services LtdSME, Valley Forestry Services LTDSME
- Signed
- 23 Apr 2026
- Value
- £66,000
- Period
- 24 Apr 2026 – 23 Apr 2028 · up to 23 Mar 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- There is one option to extend for any period up to 2 years.
Lot 4 - Survey and Plot Data Collection - Down/Armagh · COLIN FARRELL TREE SERVICESVCSE, ELM FORESTRY AND LANDSCAPING LTDSME, FOREST MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTDSME, SCOTTISH WOODLANDS LIMITEDSME, Seasonal Outdoor Services LtdSME, Valley Forestry Services LTDSME
- Signed
- 23 Apr 2026
- Value
- £13,000
- Period
- 24 Apr 2026 – 23 Apr 2028 · up to 23 Apr 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- There is one option to extend for any period up to 2 years.
Lot 5 - Survey and Plot Data Collection - Tyrone/Fermanagh · COLIN FARRELL TREE SERVICESVCSE, ELM FORESTRY AND LANDSCAPING LTDSME, FOREST MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTDSME, L & M Fencing ContractsSME, Seasonal Outdoor Services LtdSME, Valley Forestry Services LTDSME
- Signed
- 23 Apr 2026
- Value
- £13,000
- Period
- 24 Apr 2026 – 23 Apr 2028 · up to 23 Apr 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- There is one option to extend for any period up to 2 years
Lot 6 - Survey and Plot Data Collection - Antrim/Derry · COLIN FARRELL TREE SERVICESVCSE, ELM FORESTRY AND LANDSCAPING LTDSME, FOREST MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTDSME, SCOTTISH WOODLANDS LIMITEDSME, Seasonal Outdoor Services LtdSME, Valley Forestry Services LTDSME
- Signed
- 23 Apr 2026
- Value
- £13,000
- Period
- 24 Apr 2026 – 23 Apr 2028 · up to 23 Apr 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- There is one option to extend for any period up to 2 years
Lot 8 - Fencing - Tyrone/Fermanagh · ELM FORESTRY AND LANDSCAPING LTDSME, GARDINER FARM AND FOREST SERVICESSMEVCSE, L & M Fencing ContractsSME, MJ HIGGINS CONTRACTING LTDSME, P MCCLOY CONTRACTS, Valley Forestry Services LTDSME
- Signed
- 23 Apr 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- 24 Apr 2026 – 23 Apr 2028 · up to 23 Apr 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- There is one option to extend for any period up to 2 years
Lot 9 - Fencing - Antrim/Derry · ELM FORESTRY AND LANDSCAPING LTDSME, GARDINER FARM AND FOREST SERVICESSMEVCSE, GORTACLARE CONTRACTS LTDSME, IL ContractsVCSE, P MCCLOY CONTRACTS, Valley Forestry Services LTDSME
- Signed
- 23 Apr 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- 24 Apr 2026 – 23 Apr 2028 · up to 23 Apr 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- There is one option to extend for any period up to 2 years
Lot 7 - Fencing - Down/Armagh · ELM FORESTRY AND LANDSCAPING LTDSME, GARDINER FARM AND FOREST SERVICESSMEVCSE, IL ContractsVCSE, P MCCLOY CONTRACTS, Valley Forestry Services LTDSME
- Signed
- 23 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- 24 Apr 2026 – 23 Apr 2028 · up to 23 Apr 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- There is one option to extend for any period up to 2 years.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Chemical Application – Down/Armagh | 5final-stage tenders | 5 | 0 | — |
| 2 · Chemical Application – Tyrone/Fermanagh | 6final-stage tenders | 6 | 0 | — |
| 3 · Chemical Application – Antrim/Derry | 5final-stage tenders | 5 | 0 | — |
| 4 · Survey and Plot Data Collection – Down/Armagh | 7final-stage tenders | 7 | 0 | — |
| 5 · Survey and Plot Data Collection – Tyrone/Fermanagh | 8final-stage tenders | 8 | 0 | — |
| 6 · Survey and Plot Data Collection – Antrim/Derry | 7final-stage tenders | 7 | 0 | — |
| 7 · Fencing – Down/Armagh | 6final-stage tenders | 6 | 0 | — |
| 8 · Fencing – Tyrone/Fermanagh | 9final-stage tenders | 9 | 0 | — |
| 9 · Fencing – Antrim/Derry | 7final-stage tenders | 7 | 0 | — |
| 10 · Hand Weeding – Down/Armagh | 4final-stage tenders | 4 | 0 | — |
| 11 · Hand Weeding – Tyrone/Fermanagh | 5final-stage tenders | 5 | 0 | — |
| 12 · Hand Weeding – Antrim/Derry | 4final-stage tenders | 4 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- CPDBeneficiary authority
- CPD - Supplies & Services DivisionProcess contact pointProcuring entityConstruction and Procurement Delivery - Supplies and Services Division, is a Centre of Procurement Expertise and provides a central procurement function for central government in Northern Ireland.
Framework contractors & participating bidders
14 commercial parties on the notice- Colin Farrell Tree ServicesFramework contractor
- ELM FORESTRY AND LANDSCAPING LTDFramework contractor
- FOREST MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTDFramework contractor
- GORTACLARE CONTRACTS LTDFramework contractor
- Gardiner Farm and Forest ServicesFramework contractor
- IL ContractsFramework contractor
- IL ContractsFramework contractor
- L & M Fencing ContractsFramework contractor
- MJ HIGGINS CONTRACTING LTDFramework contractor
- P McCloy ContractsFramework contractor
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- SCOTTISH WOODLANDS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- SEASONAL OUTDOOR SERVICES LIMITEDFramework contractor
- SEASONAL OUTDOOR SERVICES LIMITEDFramework contractor
- Valley Forestry Services LTDFramework contractor
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