--- title: "Q23 Direct Production Harvesting DPS" ocid: "ocds-kuma6s-159343" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-kuma6s-159343" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-159343.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-159343.json" source: "Sell2Wales" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "NATURAL RESOURCES WALES" published: "2025-12-11" --- # Q23 Direct Production Harvesting DPS Buyer: NATURAL RESOURCES WALES Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-kuma6s-159343 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-kuma6s-159343) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-159343.json) ## Summary The procurement process led by Natural Resources Wales involved the award of a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Direct Production Harvesting Services, encompassing tree felling, processing, extraction, and vegetation management. This initiative supports the organisation's statutory duties while targeting environmental protection, specifically concerning roadside timber contracts and infection clearance. The procurement effort spans North, Mid, and South Wales, utilising a restricted procedure approach under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. Awards were finalised by December 2025, with contracts in Mid Wales, South Wales, and North Wales each valued at £12 million. The procurement method was selective, and the main procurement category was services. This procurement opportunity offers substantial business growth potential, particularly for SMEs operating within the environmental, forestry, and land management sectors. The tender offers a significant chance for businesses skilled in manual and mechanised felling, risk assessment, and operational planning to engage in comprehensive harvesting activities across multiple Welsh regions. Given the scope of work and the value of contracts, small to medium-sized enterprises specialising in forestry services can harness these projects to scale operations, expand service offerings, and secure long-term engagements with Natural Resources Wales, thus enhancing their portfolio and market position in the environmental management arena. ## Notice NRW is seeking to award a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) in order to procure a Direct Production Harvesting Service, which includes felling, processing and extraction of trees to roadside, to a timber specification as set by NRW, to support roadside timber contracts. The service will also include the mechanised mulching/vegetation management service ready to respond to the clearance of infections of smaller diameter trees, (Phyto/Chalara/Dothistroma). This will be reactive work as and when required by NRW ### Lot Information Mid Wales The purpose of the requirement is to ensure that NRW meets its statutory duties and provides a Harvesting service for Mid Wales. This will also include manual felling, winch and banksmen provision, for clearfell and thinning. Contractors will plan harvesting operations and prepare a detailed Method Statement and Risk Assessment for all harvesting activities within the required coupes, to the satisfaction of the Forestry Operations Contracts manager South Wales The purpose of the requirement is to ensure that NRW meets its statutory duties and provides a Harvesting service for South Wales. This will also include manual felling, winch and banksmen provision, for clearfell and thinning. Contractors will plan harvesting operations and prepare a detailed Method Statement and Risk Assessment for all harvesting activities within the required coupes, to the satisfaction of the Forestry Operations Contracts manager. North Wales The purpose of the requirement is to ensure that NRW meets its statutory duties and provides a Harvesting service for North Wales. This will also include manual felling, winch and banksmen provision, for clearfell and thinning. Contractors will plan harvesting operations and prepare a detailed Method Statement and Risk Assessment for all harvesting activities within the required coupes, to the satisfaction of the Forestry Operations Contracts manager ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Sell2Wales | | Latest notice | https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=159343 | | Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice | | Procurement type | Dynamic | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Selective | | Procurement method details | Restricted procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | SME | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 11 Dec 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 11 Feb 2020 | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | £12,000,000 | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Complete | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NATURAL RESOURCES WALES | | Locality | CARDIFF | | Post town | Cardiff | | Postcode | CF24 0TP | | 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 | Plasnewydd | | Westminster constituency | Cardiff East | | Delivery location | TLL11 Isle of Anglesey, TLL12 Gwynedd, TLL13 Conwy and Denbighshire, TLL14 South West Wales, TLL15 Central Valleys, TLL16 Gwent Valleys, TLL17 Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot, TLL18 Swansea, TLL2 East Wales, TLL21 Monmouthshire and Newport, TLL22 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan, TLL23 Flintshire and Wrexham, TLL24 Powys | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 18 | | Supplier names | A J BUTLER CONTRACTING; BEACONS TREE SERVICES; BETULA WORKS; CHAPEL TREE SERVICES; COEDYLAN FORESTRY CYF; EB DAVIES TIMBER; EUROFOREST; FORESTRY SERVICES; GMD FORESTRY; I & JM PASS& SONS; JIMMY HUGHES SERVICES; M C THOMAS SONS; POWERLINE SERVICES (MLJ; ROBINS TIMBER CONTRACTING; SMERDON TREE SERVICES (STS; TIR A CHOED; TREE FINESSE; TW & GW EVANS | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 03 - Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products - 77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services ### Codes - 03400000 - Forestry and logging products - 03419000 - Timber - 03440000 - Forestry products - 77200000 - Forestry services - 77211100 - Timber harvesting services - 77211200 - Transport of logs within the forest ## Release History - 11 Dec 2025 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=159343 ## Documents - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC570309 Q23 Direct Production Harvesting DPS - NRW is seeking to award a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) in order to procure a Direct Production Harvesting Service, which includes felling, processing and extraction of trees to roadside, to a timber specification as set by NRW, to support roadside timber contracts. The service will also include the mechanised mulching/vegetation management service ready to respond to the clearance of infections of smaller diameter trees, (Phyto/Chalara/Dothistroma). This will be reactive work as and when required by NRW ## Notice URLs - http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk - https://api.sell2wales.gov.wales/v1?lang=cy/Notice?id=ocds-kuma6s-159343 - https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-kuma6s-159343. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-159343.json.