Official UK procurement notice
NRW All Wales Mountain Bike Trail and Maintenance Framework
Authority: Natural Resources Wales (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNRW intends to award a Framework Agreement to support the maintenance of over 500km official NRW mountain bike trails across Wales. The Framework contains two separate Lots, each divided further into geographical sub-Lots.
Lot 1 – Mountain Bike Trail Maintenance Works
Lot 1 covers the preventative and reactive maintenance activities identified through the regular trail inspection programme. The specification of works includes, but is not limited to:
- Maintenance of mountain bike trail tread, trail chassis and trailside features, including de-berming, culvert repairs, ditch clearance, grade dip repairs, and repairs to trail tread and chassis using hand tools, whacker plates, powered wheelbarrows and other plant and equipment as required. This also includes clearance of fall zones and maintenance of the wider trail corridor.
- Maintenance of trail corridors and sightlines through vegetation management, including cutting back encroaching vegetation and brashing trailside trees flush to the trunk.
- Small-scale installation, maintenance and repair of fencing and motorcycle barriers. Detailed specifications for all works will be agreed in advance between the Contractor and the Lot Manager.
- Installation, maintenance and replacement of waymarker posts, interpretation panels, signage and other associated trailside infrastructure.
- Small-scale chemical treatment and manual control of weeds and invasive species within car parks and along trail networks. Chemical use must be kept to a minimum, with manual clearance being the preferred method wherever practicable. Written approval from the Project Manager must be obtained prior to any chemical application, including approval of the products to be used and the proposed application method. Chemical usage records and data sheets must be provided by the Contractor following completion of spraying activities.
- Emergency call-out works, including outside normal working hours (09:00–17:00, Monday to Friday), for repairs, maintenance activities, route diversions and other urgent operational requirements.
Lot 2 – Mountain Bike Trail Design and Construction
Lot 2 covers the design and construction of new mountain bike trails and trail sections to the grades specified by the Client. Detailed project-specific requirements will be provided for each commission; however, the scope is expected to include:
- Detailed trail design.
- Securing all necessary permissions, approvals, consents and licences required for project delivery.
- Corridor clearance and construction of trails to the specification and grading requirements defined by the Client.
- Testing, commissioning and certification that the completed works are fit for purpose.
- Formal handover of completed trails and associated documentation to the Client.
CPV: Paths and other metalled surfaces · Repair work on recreational areas
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 4 Jan 2027
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- “NRW All Wales Mountain Bike Trail and Maintenance Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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Lot #1CPV 4523Published estimate£2.0m
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Jun 2026, 08:11 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Jun 2026, 08:11 BST
- Authority reference
NRW55737- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-058736- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ba93Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
23 Jun 2026 → 4 Jan 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published119 days ago23 Jun 2026, 08:11 BST
- Tender notice expected77 days ago3 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 76 days4 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Pipeline notice published23 Jun 2026, 08:11 BSTUK1
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender