Official UK procurement notice
North Northamptonshire Council Gawthrops Woodland Community Tree Planting and Maintenance Scheme
Authority: North Northamptonshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNorth Northamptonshire Council (hereafter known as "the Council") are looking to carry out Preliminary Market Engagement (hereafter referred to as "Pre-Market Engagement") in relation to the capability and capacity of a potential supplier providing the services detailed below.
A Council owned former horse paddock on the outskirts of Kettering, Northamptonshire has been re-scheduled for woodland plantation.
The 2.45ha site has secured a grant from the Forestry Commission to plant a new woodland of 3134 trees. The land is situated off Deeble Road, Kettering (Grid Reference: SP 883 709). The proposed net area of woodland creation is 1.96ha with 20% proposed integral open space incorporated into the design. Trees will be planted with 2.5m spacing, totalling 1600 stems per hectare.
The new woodland has been designated a community woodland and will be planted by volunteers drawn from Kettering and the wider North Northamptonshire area. It is estimated that approximately 150 + volunteers will need to be recruited to undertake the two-year planting schedule.
The Council is seeking a delivery partner to manage the physical planting, maintenance and aftercare of the new woodland.
This will include:
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(i) the recruitment and training of volunteers drawn from the local area
(ii) mapping out and planning tree planting locations, incorporating pathways as outlined in grant agreement map
(iii) planting of trees at a rate close to 2000 whips per planting season and providing all necessary tools and equipment
(iv) managing the mulching of the whips and delivering a spring/summer watering and maintenance cycle for two years.
The purpose of this Pre-Market Engagement is to understand market appetite and to engage with appropriate contractors to support the development of this project.
CPV: Afforestation services · Planting and maintenance services of green areas
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 9 Sept 2026, 13:06 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Sept 2026, 13:06 BST
- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f59c
How it was run
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
3 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published10 days ago9 Sept 2026, 13:06 BST
- Market engagementin 4 days23 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
The Council will consider any feedback received to help inform the Council's options and further decision making. Any potential Supplier which does not respond to this Pre-Market Engagement exercise within the stipulated timescales will not exclude themselves from any potential Procurement process more…
for this project. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process, and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in the Pre-Market Engagement exercise shall not prevent any provider participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the Pre-Market Engagement exercise shall place any provider at an advantage in a potential procurement process. The Council will not reimburse any expenses incurred by any person in the consideration of and/or response to this Pre-Market Engagement exercise. All documents and materials, which comprise the response, must be written in English only. If you are interested in participating in this Pre-Market Engagement exercise, please contact the Council by email via [email protected]. and further details will be shared with your organisation. - Contract startsin 43 days2 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published9 Sept 2026, 13:06 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender