Award

Land Hazards - Land Hazards - Maintenance, Repair & Inspection Framework 2025

NATURAL RESOURCES WALES

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

10 Nov 2025 at 09:28

Tender

21 Feb 2025 at 14:22

Planning

04 Nov 2024 at 11:22

Summary of the contracting process

Natural Resources Wales is overseeing a public procurement process titled "Land Hazards – Maintenance, Repair & Inspection Framework 2025". This procurement falls under the "works" category and involves the maintenance and repair of hazard sites across South Wales, specifically on NRW managed lands and the Welsh Government Woodland Estate. The contract has been broken down into three lots: Routine Maintenance, Civils Work, and Inspections. The main procurement method used was an open procedure, and the procurement stage has been completed with the award of contracts. The awards were finalised in 2025 to competent suppliers following an extensive tender phase. The procurement process took place electronically through eTenderwales, indicating a streamlined digital approach.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses specializing in civil engineering, environmental services, and inspection services. With a focus on the maintenance and repair of land hazard sites, including colliery tips and rock faces, the tender suits firms with expertise in construction and environmental management. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) like G.J. Price Contracting and Jim Davies Civil Engineering Ltd have successfully secured contracts, illustrating the framework’s accessibility to smaller industry players. Businesses offering technical inspection services can also thrive under this framework, as evidenced by active participation from companies such as Earth Science Partnership Limited. This procurement not only ensures long-term growth opportunities but also reinforces the potential for new market entrants to establish themselves in South Wales' civil engineering and environmental sectors.

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Notice Title

Land Hazards - Land Hazards - Maintenance, Repair & Inspection Framework 2025

Notice Description

NRW are seeking a professional, competent and experienced contractors to carry out routine maintenance, civils works and inspections of hazard sites located on NRW Managed land and the Welsh Government Woodland Estate (WGWE) in South Wales. These hazard sites will include colliery tips, quarry tips, landslips, rock faces, historical quarries, fissures, mines, audits, reclamation colliery and opencast sites and other associated land hazards. All hazard sites are inspected and identifies required work which forms an annual programme of work.

Lot Information

Civils Work

Civils works which will include the construction and installation of drainage channels, culverts, culvert headwall maintance and replacement, french drains, installation of retaining structures including and not limited to gabion baskets, reinforced concrete walls, and land reprofiling and benching

Renewal: 6 months

Inspections

Adhoc inspections of land hazards for regular monitoring as and when required by NRW. i.e. Regular Inspections following the identification of an issue on a land hazard.

Renewal: 6 months

Routine Maintenance

Routine maintenance of land hazard sites which will include culvert clearance, ditch clearance, vegetation management.

Renewal: 6 months

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b3a6
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072254-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

45 - Construction work

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services


CPV Codes

45111220 - Scrub-removal work

45200000 - Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work

45221220 - Culverts

45232453 - Drains construction work

71631000 - Technical inspection services

71730000 - Industrial inspection services

77211500 - Tree-maintenance services

90532000 - Coal-tip management services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£4,500,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 Nov 20253 months ago
Submission Deadline
2 Apr 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
3 Feb 2025Expired
Award Date
21 Jul 20257 months ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NATURAL RESOURCES WALES
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
procurement@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
CARDIFF
Postcode
CF24 0TP
Post Town
Cardiff
Country
Wales

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL5 South East Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
Delivery Location
TLL1 West Wales and The Valleys, TLL14 South West Wales, TLL15 Central Valleys, TLL16 Gwent Valleys, TLL17 Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot, TLL18 Swansea, TLL21 Monmouthshire and Newport, TLL22 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan

Local Authority
Cardiff
Electoral Ward
Plasnewydd
Westminster Constituency
Cardiff East

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
6
Supplier Names

CWM AGRICULTURAL

EARTH SCIENCE PARTNERSHIP

G.J. PRICE CONTRACTING

GROUNDSOLVE

JIM DAVIES CIVIL ENGINEERING

MCCARTHY CONTRACTORS (BRIDGEND

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