# North England Forest District Ground Preparation Framework

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Forestry England
- Published: 28 February 2020
- Planned start: 20 April 2020
- Planned end: 20 April 2024
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: c72eceaf-a70e-4b39-9726-8042d591075a-346625
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-07ffffaf-2fd2-4457-bcaa-fcfc1d5746c0

## Description

Text to be corrected in the original notice: Place of text to be modified: Tender Returns Instead of: 16 March 2020 Time: 12:00 Read New: 30 March 2020 Time: 12:00 Other additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises \(SMEs\)\. However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement\. Forestry England will be awarding a framework agreement for Ground Preparation works of which the majority will be trench mound ditch dollop to a uniform pattern of 2750 mounds per hectare\. In addition we require trench mound ditch and dollop to a number of lower densities, invert mounding, site drainage, brash raking, scarification, formation of access tracks and shooting mounds\. The locations of the sites are within the main block of Kielder Forest \(including Kershope & Spadeadam\), Rothbury, Hamsterley, Bowland, Grizedale and North & West Cumbria beats\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c72eceaf-a70e-4b39-9726-8042d591075a-346625)