Notice Information
Notice Title
Timber Haulage - North England Forest District
Notice Description
Forestry England have a future tender requirement for roundwood timber haulage from the North England Forest District to a new customer. At this time Forestry England do not have confirmation of who the new customer will be or their delivery location within the UK. This will be confirmed by the time of tender publication and detailed in the tender documents.
Planning Information
Forestry England are currently scoping our requirements to ensure that the specification of requirements and future tender documentation accurately reflect market capability. We invite companies to register their interest in this future requirement and provide feedback on potential clarifications on the feasibility of our emerging plans.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-064d61
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012202-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
-
- CPV Codes
60100000 - Road transport services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,744,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 11 Feb 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 6 Mar 20262 weeks to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Jul 2026 - 29 Jun 2029 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- FORESTRY COMMISSION
- Contact Name
- Emily Coffin
- Contact Email
- commercial.services@forestryengland.uk
- Contact Phone
- 0300 067 4000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- BS16 1EJ
- Post Town
- Bristol
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK5 West of England
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Electoral Ward
- Stoke Park & Cheswick
- Westminster Constituency
- Filton and Bradley Stoke
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012202-2026
11th February 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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