---
title: "Electricity & Underground Utilities Support Services Framework 2025"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05859b"
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buyer: "NATURAL RESOURCES WALES"
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# Electricity & Underground Utilities Support Services Framework 2025

Buyer: NATURAL RESOURCES WALES  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05859b

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## Summary

The public procurement process for the "Electricity & Underground Utilities Support Services Framework 2025" has reached the contract award stage, with Natural Resources Wales as the buying organisation. The framework focuses on services to ensure safe working practices near overhead power lines and underground utilities, primarily in South Wales. The procurement method utilised was an open procedure, and the framework employs ranking of suppliers without reopening competition. Significant dates include the framework's commencement on 9 January 2026, with an intended end date of 8 January 2030. The key industry categories involved are forestry services, signage, and electricity distribution, covering the regions of North and South Wales.

This tender opens substantial growth opportunities for businesses, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) capable of conducting operations related to electricity distribution and forestry services. By leveraging activity-based costing, participants can optimise pricing strategies to secure a competitive edge. Companies like Jones and Jones and Forest Tree Surgery & Ground Maintenance Ltd., which were awarded contracts, demonstrate the significance of industry-specific expertise. SMEs with experience in infrastructure management, handling utilities, or providing relevant maintenance services are well-suited to engage in similar opportunities, thereby expanding their market reach and industry presence in the public sector.

## Notice

Electricity & Underground Utilities Support Services Framework 2025. Services to facilitate safe working practices when conducting operations within the proximity of overhead powerlines and undetground utilities in South Wales

### Lot Information

North Wales

Services to facilitate safe working practices when conducting operations within the proximity of overhead power lines and underground utilities in North Wales.

Renewal: Duration

South Wales

Services to facilitate safe working practices when conducting operations within the proximity of overhead power lines and underground utilities in South Wales.

Renewal: Duration

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005177-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 Jan 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 15 Sep 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 10 Dec 2025 |
| Contract period | 9 Jan 2026 - 8 Jan 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,000,000 |
| Lots value | £1,000,000 |
| Awards value | £500,000 |
| Contracts value | £500,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NATURAL RESOURCES WALES |
| Locality | CARDIFF |
| Post town | Cardiff |
| Postcode | CF10 3NQ |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan |
| Local authority | Cardiff |
| Electoral ward | Cathays |
| Westminster constituency | Cardiff South and Penarth |
| Delivery location | TLL11 Isle of Anglesey, TLL12 Gwynedd, TLL13 Conwy and Denbighshire, TLL15 Central Valleys, TLL16 Gwent Valleys, TLL17 Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot, TLL18 Swansea, TLL21 Monmouthshire and Newport, TLL22 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan, TLL23 Flintshire and Wrexham, TLL24 Powys |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 3 |
| Supplier names | FOREST TREE SURGERY & GROUND MAINTENANCE; FOREST TREE SURGERY & GROUNDS MAINTENANCE; JONES AND JONES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
- 65 - Public utilities
- 77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

### Codes

- 34928470 - Signage
- 65300000 - Electricity distribution and related services
- 77200000 - Forestry services

## Release History

- 21 Jan 2026 at 11:11 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005177-2026
- 15 Dec 2025 at 14:20 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082945-2025
- 12 Aug 2025 at 07:57 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047827-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005177-2026
  21st January 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082945-2025
  15th December 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047827-2025
  12th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-10671
  NRW Framework order Jones&Jones
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-10672
  NRW Framework order Forest Tree

## Notice URLs

- http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
- https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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