Quick answer — THE NATIONAL FOREST COMPANYLast refreshed 01 Oct 2021

At a glance

THE NATIONAL FOREST COMPANY has awarded £209k across 9 suppliers, with 9 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 47% · 4 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 91% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration47%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share91%
Pipeline · open now4
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

THE NATIONAL FOREST COMPANY is a contracting authority, based in UKF22. Tracks 18 published notices and 14 awards on PublicSupply.

18
Notices published
14
Awards
9
Suppliers engaged
2020
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£49k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
THE NATIONAL FOREST COMPANY — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

4

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

services4 · £260k
Unspecified14 · £144k

Instrument type

contract15 · £260k
call off3 · £144k
Source:Find a Tender: 12Contracts Finder: 6

Awarded contracts · 9 live

All contracts with a published award notice where THE NATIONAL FOREST COMPANY is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
'GEOPARK IN THE DARK'Lindley Productions Limitedactive
Hedge cuttingC J SPRINGTHORPE LIMITEDactive
Open grounding mowingC J SPRINGTHORPE LIMITEDactive
Estate MaintenanceCJ Sprinthorpeactive
Feasibility for a Forest Enterprise HubHeligan Gardens Limited£65kest.active
Community Archaeology Test-Pit Excavations in Charnwood ForestUniversity of Lincolnactive
Charnwood Forest Geopark Historical Research ProjectLeicestershire Victoria County History Trustactive
Landscape assessment to inform the National Forest Company forest creation strategySMALL WORLD CONSULTING LIMITEDactive
National Forest Sustainable Tourist Accommodation Early Market Engagement Exercise39313000£0active
Heart of the Forest MasterplanGILLESPIES LLP71220000£33k30 Nov 2020active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
CA
1 contract · SME · 14 Dec
£98k
47% of total
2
HG
1 contract · SME
£65kest.
31% of total
3
GL
1 contract · SME · 30 Nov
£33k
16% of total
4
TS
1 contract · SME · 01 Oct
£14k
6% of total
5
LP
£0
0% of total
6
SL
3 contracts · SME
£0
0% of total
7
UO
£0
0% of total
8
LV
£0
0% of total
99
···
1 other suppliers
long tail · 1 SME
£0
0% of total
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Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other community services
1 contract
£98k
47%
Other
8 contracts
£65k
31%
Architecture, engineering
1 contract
£33k
16%
R&D services
1 contract
£14k
6%

Activity heatmap

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

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R&D services
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.

THE NATIONAL FOREST COMPANY 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.

91%
SME supplier share
target 33%
10
SME award rows
1
VCSE award rows
9
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
UKF22
Companies House
02991970
Contact
Louise Driver
Email
enquiries@nationalforest.org

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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