Quick answer — Forestry England for and on behalf of the Forestry CommissionLast refreshed 20 Nov 2025

At a glance

Forestry England for and on behalf of the Forestry Commission has awarded £409.9m across 42 suppliers, with 150 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 36% · 33 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 71% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration36%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share71%
Pipeline · open now33
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Forestry England for and on behalf of the Forestry Commission is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 161 published notices and 144 awards on PublicSupply.

161
Notices published
144
Awards
42
Suppliers engaged
2022
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£8.1m
12 m spend
£12.3m
Prior 12 m
-34%
YoY change
£1.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Forestry England for and on behalf of the Forestry Commission — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£2m£4m£7m£9mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

19

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

33

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services68 · £1.0bn
Unspecified83 · £97.9m
goods10 · £15.2m

Instrument type

contract161 · £1.1bn
Source:Find a Tender: 82Contracts Finder: 79

Awarded contracts · 150 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Forestry England for and on behalf of the Forestry Commission is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Bike Hire Concession - Haldon Forest ParkForest Cycle Hire Limitedactive
Mowing Services - South England Forest District77230000£301kest.planning
Passive Acoustic Monitoring EquipmentWildlife Acoustics Inc.active
Tree Surgery Framework - YorkshireAdvanced Trees & Grounds Limited£100kest.active
Tree Surgery Framework - YorkshireArborix Ltd£100kest.active
Tree Surgery Framework - YorkshireArborix Ltd£100kest.active
Tree Surgery Framework - YorkshireGlendale Countryside Ltd£100kest.active
Haldon Forest Park Cafe ConcessionFOSTERS EVENT CATERING LTD£8.1m20 Nov 2025pending
National Wildlife Management DPSclosed
Plant Passporting Annual Inspectionsclosed
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
AF
£146.0mest.
36% of total
2
GF
£50.0mest.
12% of total
3
WB
£28.0mest.
7% of total
4
VG
2 contracts
£23.0mest.
6% of total
5
ER
£11.9mest.
3% of total
6
WL
3 contracts · 10 Feb
£11.7mest.
3% of total
▼ 100%
7
MW
£10.0mest.
2% of total
8
FE
1 contract · SME · 20 Nov
£8.1m
2% of total
New
942
···
34 other suppliers
long tail · 26 SMEs
£35.7m
9% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
25 contracts
£740.1m
61%
Recreational, cultural, sport
21 contracts
£238.4m
20%
Sewage, waste, environment
19 contracts
£70.9m
6%
Hotel, restaurant, retail
14 contracts
£57.9m
5%
Agriculture, forestry services
60 contracts
£53.5m
4%
Transport equipment, vehicles
6 contracts
£23.4m
2%
Business, legal, advisory
19 contracts
£20.9m
2%
Clothing, footwear
3 contracts
£2.7m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Other
8
Recreational, cultural, sport
Sewage, waste, environment
Hotel, restaurant, retail
Agriculture, forestry services
Transport equipment, vehicles
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.

Forestry England for and on behalf of the Forestry Commission 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.

71%
SME supplier share
target 33%
60
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
42
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UK
Contact
Emily Coffin
Email
emily.coffin@forestryengland.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.

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