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# NCF R&D Trees Symposium - Trees and Forestry Conference: Research-Practice Exchange.

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ncf-r-d-trees-symposium-trees-and-forestry-conference-research-practice-exchange-ocds-h6vhtk-05d847). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS: "NCF R&D Trees Symposium - Trees and Forestry Conference: Research-Practice Exchange.". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-gov-d7)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £76,767 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ncf-r-d-trees-symposium-trees-and-forestry-conference-research-practice-exchange-ocds-h6vhtk-05d847#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05d847`

## Before you bid
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- **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/ncf-r-d-trees-symposium-trees-and-forestry-conference-research-practice-exchange-ocds-h6vhtk-05d847#tl-md)

## Description
Both Defra’s Nature for Climate Fund and the UKRI Future of UK Treescapes programme complete in 2025. The aim is to host a join symposium in the autumn of 2025 to showcase the research undertaken across both programmes. The target audience will be government policy makers and other end users of the research. The objective of this contract is to pay Gloucester University for the organisation and delivery of a R&D symposium in autumn 2025, in collaboration with the organising committee, consisting of representatives from Defra Trees team, Defra tree health team, the Centre for Forest Protection, Forest Research and the Treescapes Ambassador team.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** NCF R&D Trees - Trees and Forestry Conference: Research-Practice Exchange (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **University of Gloucester**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-152157`
  - Value: £76,767 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 31/10/2025

- **Award:** 2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **The University of Gloucestershire**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-152157`
  - Value: £76,767 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** NCF R&D: Trees Symposium - Trees Practice Exchange (active)
  - Signed Value: £76,767
  - Signed Date: 17/11/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F076414-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-11-24T12:03:21.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T20:41:41.778Z
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