Official UK procurement notice
Q22 Award of Direct Production Harvesting - Dynamic Purchasing System
Authority: Natural Resources Wales (Central government)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionNRW is seeking to award a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) in order to procure a Direct Production Harvesting Service, which includes felling, processing and extraction of trees to roadside, to a timber specification as set by NRW, to support roadside timber contracts. The service will also include the mechanised mulching/vegetation management service ready to respond to the clearance of infections of smaller diameter trees, (Phyto/Chalara/Dothistroma). This will be reactive work as and when required by NRW
CPV: Forestry and logging products · Forestry products · Forestry services · Timber · Timber harvesting services · Transport of logs within the forest
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
- Bids received
- 18 bids on the busiest of 3 lots · 18 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1North WalesCancelled
The purpose of the requirement is to ensure that NRW meets its statutory duties and provides a Harvesting service for North Wales. This will also include manual felling, winch and banksmen provision, for clearfell and thinning. Contractors will plan harvesting operations and prepare a detailed Method Statement and Risk Assessment for all harvesting activities within the required coupes, to the satisfaction of the Forestry Operations Contracts manager
Lot #2Mid WalesCancelled
The purpose of the requirement is to ensure that NRW meets its statutory duties and provides a Harvesting service for Mid Wales. This will also include manual felling, winch and banksmen provision, for clearfell and thinning. Contractors will plan harvesting operations and prepare a detailed Method Statement and Risk Assessment for all harvesting activities within the required coupes, to the satisfaction of the Forestry Operations Contracts manager
Lot #3South WalesCancelled
The purpose of the requirement is to ensure that NRW meets its statutory duties and provides a Harvesting service for South Wales. This will also include manual felling, winch and banksmen provision, for clearfell and thinning. Contractors will plan harvesting operations and prepare a detailed Method Statement and Risk Assessment for all harvesting activities within the required coupes, to the satisfaction of the Forestry Operations Contracts manager.
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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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60
- Price: 40 (+/-40%)
- “Q22 Award of Direct Production Harvesting - Dynamic Purchasing System” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Aug 2025, 09:38 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Aug 2025, 09:38 BST
- Authority reference
42243- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-049699- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058a44Find a Tender
Publisher note: The procurement process to establish the Dynamic Purchasing System for DP Harvesting Services was undertaken in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (the Regulations) in line with the Restricted Procedure Regulation 28 and Dynamic Purchasing Systems Regulation 34. The following list sets out the contractors awarded under this DPS for Q22: Title: Lot 2 Cilmeddau 30805 Awarded to: Robins Timber Contracting Award Date: 06/06/2025 Value: 95,700 Title: MNW Harvesting/Extraction Awarded to: EB Davies Award Date: 31/07/2025 Value: 50,000 Title: MNW Harvesting/Extraction Awarded to: Forestry Services Award Date: 31/07/2025 Value: 100,000 INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST/COMPLETING THE PQQ FOR DP HARCESTING ONGOING JOINING STAGE - PQQ: 1. Tenderers should register on the eTendering portal https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk 2. Once registered, suppliers must express their interest as follows: a. Login to the etendering portal. b. Select PQQ_32927 c. Select PQQ's Open to all suppliers d. Access the listing relating to the contract PQQ: PQQ_32927 and view details. e. Click on 'Express Interest' button in the 'Actions' box on the left hand side of the page. 3. Once you have expressed your interest, the PQQ will move to 'My PQQs', where you can download and where you can construct your reply as instructed. 4. For any support in submitting your expression of interest, please contact the eTendering helpdesk on 08003684852 or at [email protected] (WA Ref:57550) (WA Ref:154761)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this dynamic market without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £12,000,000, the dynamic market's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Mid Wales
- Signed
- 9 May 2020
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
South Wales
- Signed
- 9 May 2020
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
North Wales
- Signed
- 11 Feb 2020
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · North Wales | 15bids · 15 electronic · 15 from abroad | 15 | — | — |
| 2 · Mid Wales | 17bids · 17 electronic · 17 from abroad | 17 | — | — |
| 3 · South Wales | 18bids · 18 electronic · 18 from abroad | 18 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Suppliers admitted to the dynamic market
18 commercial parties on the notice- A J BUTLER CONTRACTING LIMITEDAdmitted to the market
- Beacons Tree ServicesAdmitted to the market
- CHAPEL TREE SERVICES LTDAdmitted to the market
- COEDYLAN FORESTRY CYFAdmitted to the market
- EB DAVIES TIMBER LTDAdmitted to the market
- Euroforest LtdAdmitted to the market
- FORESTRY SERVICES LTDAdmitted to the market
- GMD FORESTRY LIMITEDAdmitted to the market
- I & Jm Pass& Sons ltdAdmitted to the market
- JIMMY HUGHES SERVICES LIMITEDAdmitted to the market
Show 8 more suppliers
- Jones&JonesAdmitted to the market
- M C THOMAS SONSAdmitted to the market
- Powerline Services (MLJ) LtdAdmitted to the market
- Robins Timber ContractingAdmitted to the market
- SMERDON TREE SERVICES (STS) LIMITEDAdmitted to the market
- TW & GW EVANS LTDAdmitted to the market
- Tir a ChoedAdmitted to the market
- Tree FinesseAdmitted to the market
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.