# Roadside Vegetation Management, South West England

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Forestry Commission](/buyers/forestry-commission/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: K J Thurlborn Ltd
- Award value: £236,000
- Tender value: £236,000
- Award date: 10 November 2017
- Published: 16 November 2017
- Contract start: 11 November 2017
- Contract end: 10 November 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 258f64b6-f54b-496b-8afc-5123a06e5ae9-182247
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-01920cc7-ae46-4d96-911c-bcb296028379

## Description

The Forestry Commission has awarded a framework for the delivery of roadside vegetation management through Lots covering the counties of Somerset, Devon & Cornwall\. The framework will last upto a maximum of four years\. It is anticipated that this will be delivered by a tractor mounted side-arm flail or similar, with a head width of a minimum of 1\.5m\. The work will include cutting of hedges and verges alongside public roads as well as the roadside vegetation along the internal forest roads\. FC will award each lot to a single supplier\. There are 5 lots: Lot 1Cornwall Lot 2North Devon Lot 3South Devon Lot 4Quantocks & Exmoor Lot 5East Devon

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/258f64b6-f54b-496b-8afc-5123a06e5ae9-182247)