Buyer profile · Local or regional public body
Forestry Commission tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 46
- About one every 8 days
- Contracts awarded
- 91
- To 132 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £17m
- 74 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £55k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 5
- 5 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £90kestimated
- £150kestimated
- £2mframework ceiling
- £100kframework ceiling
- £330kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- £200kestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £4mframework ceiling
- £2.5mestimated
- £2.5mframework ceiling
- £8mframework ceiling
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 12 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)90%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)2%
- Direct award (no competition)8%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Forestry Commission has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 30 days
- Shorter than 57% of other public bodies
- Based on 44 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 90%
- Higher than 71% of other public bodies
- Based on 63 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 77%
- Higher than 79% of other public bodies
- Based on 155 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 7
- More than 61% of other public bodies
- Based on 97 awards
- Split into lots
- 39%
- Higher than 78% of other public bodies
- Based on 46 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 8%
- Lower than 62% of other public bodies
- Based on 63 procurements
- Cancelled
- 2%
- Higher than 64% of other public bodies
- Based on 46 tenders
Compared with other other public bodies
Forestry Commission: 30 days
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 1 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 1 |
| 15–20 days | 7 |
| 20–25 days | 12 |
| 25–30 days | 42 |
| 30–35 days | 56 |
| 35–40 days | 17 |
| 40–45 days | 8 |
| 45–50 days | 1 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 1 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
Forestry Commission: 7
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 7 |
| 2–4 bids | 37 |
| 4–6 bids | 36 |
| 6–8 bids | 22 |
| 8–10 bids | 22 |
| 10–12 bids | 9 |
| 12–14 bids | 4 |
| 14–16 bids | 4 |
| 16–18 bids | 4 |
| 18–20 bids | 2 |
| 20+ bids | 8 |
Forestry Commission: 90%
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 36 |
| 10–20% | 34 |
| 20–30% | 25 |
| 30–40% | 14 |
| 40–50% | 18 |
| 50–60% | 23 |
| 60–70% | 28 |
| 70–80% | 17 |
| 80–90% | 29 |
| 90–100% | 96 |
Forestry Commission: 77%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 6 |
| 10–20% | 14 |
| 20–30% | 25 |
| 30–40% | 27 |
| 40–50% | 44 |
| 50–60% | 49 |
| 60–70% | 45 |
| 70–80% | 39 |
| 80–90% | 29 |
| 90–100% | 25 |
Each column is a group of other public bodies with similar figures. The coloured column holds Forestry Commission.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supply upgrade to Bedgebury Walled Garden Power Supply including substation | UK Power Networks (Operations) Limited | £125k | 12 Nov 2026 |
| Newtondale Railway Fencing | Country Fencing | £101k | 27 Nov 2026 |
| Construction of entrance at bellmouth at Clipsham Woodland Creation | Clixby's Forestry Ground Prep Limited | £62k | 30 Nov 2026 |
| North Beat Mechanical Weeding 2026 - Inter-row Mow Sites | Environmental Regeneration Limited | £27k | 18 Dec 2026 |
| CLAWS (Concentrated Light Autonomous Weeding and Scouting) Unit | Earth Rover Ltd | £135k | 5 Feb 2027 |