Quick answer — Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs - Forest ServiceLast refreshed 02 Apr 2026

At a glance

Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs - Forest Service has awarded £41.2m across 38 suppliers, with 429 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 40% · 2 open notices now · 56 awards in last 90 d (£9.4m) · SME share 97% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration40%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share97%
Pipeline · open now2
Awards · 90 d56

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs - Forest Service is a contracting authority, based in UKN0G. Tracks 11 published notices and 79 awards on PublicSupply.

11
Notices published
79
Awards
38
Suppliers engaged
2026
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£71.1m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£950k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs - Forest Service — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£17m£33m£50m£67mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

2

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

56

£9.4m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified6 · £1.6m
services4 · £1.5m
goods1 · £450k

Instrument type

contract11 · £3.6m
Source:Find a Tender: 11

Awarded contracts · 429 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs - Forest Service is the contracting authority.

downloadExport CSV
TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
ID 6292545 - DAERA - Forest Service - Composite Forestry Operations FrameworkELM FORESTRY AND LANDSCAPING LTDactive
ID 6292545 - DAERA - Forest Service - Composite Forestry Operations FrameworkGardiner Farm and Forest Servicesactive
ID 6292545 - DAERA - Forest Service - Composite Forestry Operations FrameworkSCOTTISH WOODLANDS LIMITEDactive
ID 6292545 - DAERA - Forest Service - Composite Forestry Operations FrameworkSEASONAL OUTDOOR SERVICES LIMITEDactive
ID 6292545 - DAERA - Forest Service - Composite Forestry Operations FrameworkValley Forestry Services LTDactive
ID 6292545 - DAERA - Forest Service - Composite Forestry Operations FrameworkELM FORESTRY AND LANDSCAPING LTDactive
ID 6292545 - DAERA - Forest Service - Composite Forestry Operations FrameworkGardiner Farm and Forest Servicesactive
ID 6292545 - DAERA - Forest Service - Composite Forestry Operations FrameworkSCOTTISH WOODLANDS LIMITEDactive
ID 6292545 - DAERA - Forest Service - Composite Forestry Operations FrameworkSEASONAL OUTDOOR SERVICES LIMITEDactive
ID 6292545 - DAERA - Forest Service - Composite Forestry Operations FrameworkValley Forestry Services LTDactive
Showing 110 of 429

Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
EF
57 contracts · SME · 16 Mar02 Apr
£16.7mest.
40% of total
New
2
GF
39 contracts · SME · 16 Mar
£13.4mest.
33% of total
New
3
SW
34 contracts · SME · 16 Mar
£11.5mest.
28% of total
New
4
VF
24 contracts · SME · 16 Mar
£11.4m
28% of total
New
5
SO
12 contracts · SME · 16 Mar
£5.7m
14% of total
New
6
VF
21 contracts · SME
£4.9mest.
12% of total
7
FC
7 contracts · SME · 16 Mar
£3.8m
9% of total
New
8
CF
9 contracts · 16 Mar
£3.7mest.
9% of total
New
938
···
30 other suppliers
long tail · 26 SMEs
£27.7m
67% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Agriculture, forestry services
186 contracts
£154.0m
68%
Other
243 contracts
£72.0m
32%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Agriculture, forestry services
Other
1
61
9
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs - Forest Service has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

97%
SME supplier share
target 33%
417
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
38
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.

Upgrade to Pro

Compare against the peer group

£149 / seat / month. Configurable peer groups, rolling trendlines, and CSV / PDF exports for board packs.

News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

Free with account

Sign in to read news mentions

Article previews are free with an account — the underlying data is gated to satisfy publisher agreements.

Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKN0G
Email
SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

Resources

No verified links for Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs - Forest Service yet. Know one? Suggest it below.

Share this profile

Citation for journalists & researchers available via API.