Official UK procurement notice
Wetland Restoration Framework – South District
Authority: Forestry Commission (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA framework contract to deliver our programme of wetland restoration sites including full scale restorations from start to finish, repairs and maintenance for a period of 4 years from March 2026. Bidders will need to demonstrate their experience of wetland restoration preferably on sites in the New Forest that are SSSI, SAC, SPA and Ramsar designated or equivalent in other locations, bidders must also have their own machinery. For full details of our needs, please read the separate Scope.
CPV: Demolition, site preparation and clearance work · Excavating and earthmoving work
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Places
- up to 3 suppliers · 3 appointed (full)
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 2 Mar 2026
Published description of the framework
Work Orders below £30,000 for this framework are direct awarded to the first placed Supplier. In the event the first placed Supplier is unable to carry out the work it is then awarded to the second placed Supplier on the relevant framework lot. If the second placed supplier is unable to do it the work is awarded to the third placed Supplier on the relevant framework lot.
All Work Orders over £30,000 for this framework are awarded after a mini competition with all framework suppliers.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£2,000,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Site specific method statement for sample site: 30%
- Supplier skills: 20%
- Machinery details: 10%
- Price: 40%
Published award criteria (4)
- Site specific method statement for sample site
- Supplier skills
- Machinery details
- Price
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Wetland Restoration Framework – South District” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 suppliers, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use the vehicle
- 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
- 4 Dec 2025, 16:22 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Mar 2026, 12:59 GMT
- Authority reference
FCCN003883- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-079893- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ef15Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 9 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 18 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
4 Dec 2025 → 20 Mar 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published316 days ago4 Dec 2025, 16:22 GMT
- Clarification questions by302 days ago18 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period ends280 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown9 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts229 days ago2 Mar 2026
- Latest notice published210 days ago20 Mar 2026, 12:59 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Dec 2025- Tender notice published4 Dec 2025, 16:22 GMTUK4
- Contract details notice published20 Mar 2026, 12:59 GMTUK7
- Status changed to complete20 Mar 2026, 12:59 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 1
- Signed
- 5 Mar 2026
- Value
- £166,667
- Period
- 5 Mar 2026 – 28 Feb 2030
- Status
- active
4 agreed KPIs: Communication, response times for contracting and during live works. · Accuracy of invoicing · Health and safety …
- Communication, response times for contracting and during live works.
- Accuracy of invoicing
- Health and safety
- Quality of work
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice- Alaska Ecological Contracting LTDFramework contractor
- G.Farwell LTDFramework contractor
- Practicality Brown LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender