UK4 NRW Land Management General Site Maintenance Framework
Natural Resources Wales · published 3 Nov 2026
- Deadline
- 4 Dec 2026, 12:00 · questions by 27 Nov 2026, 17:00
- Estimated value
- £8,000,000 excluding VAT where stated
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure · above threshold · sets up a framework
- Contract dates
- 1 Apr 2027 to 31 Mar 2031
- Where
- Wales
- Categories (CPV)
- 77314000 Grounds maintenance services
- 70332100 Land management services
- Lots
- 11 lots
- Area 1 North East Wales — £666,666
- Area 2 North West – Ynys Mon, Pen Lleyn & Gwydyr — £666,666
- Area 3 North West – Coed-y-Brenin — £666,666
- Area 4 Mid Wales - North West — £666,666
- Area 5 Mid Wales - North East — £666,666
- Area 6 Mid Wales - South Cambrian Mountains — £666,666
- Area 7 Mid Wales – South Irfon and Brecon Beacons — £666,666
- Area 8 & 9 South West – Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire combined area — £1,333,332
- Area 10 South West – Swansea / Neath — £666,666
- Area 11South Central Wales — £666,666
- Small businesses
- The buyer marks this as suitable for SMEs.
- Award criteria
- Technical (quality)50%
- Wellbeing and social value (quality)10%
- Price (price)40%
Description
NRW is seeking to award a framework agreement for land management general site maintenance services. The framework will provide NRW Land Management teams across Wales with the resources to manage the general maintenance programme of work predominantly within NRW managed land. It includes planned and reactive maintenance, repair and installation work at forestry sites, recreational sites, visitor centres, National Nature Reserves, and any other Land in our Care. General Site maintenance and upkeep including
• Maintaining and repairing forest furniture (picnic Tables, benches and play areas, bridges)
• Installation and maintenance of way marker posts, interpretation panels and signage including painting
• Litter picking (which may be part of vegetation clearance or standalone)
• Pressure washing of forest furniture
• Fence line repair and maintenance (no large-scale new fencing under this framework)
• Trail surface maintenance
• Culvert repairs
• Ditch unblocking – with manual / hand tools
• Clearance of debris
• Surfacing using hand tools
• Car park maintenance including filling of potholes, clearing drainage channels, scrub clearance (pruning/brashing/weed control)
• Installation and maintenance of recreation areas and access routes
• Gate & barrier installation and repairs Motor manual vegetation management including but not limited to
• Mowing (including on slopes)
• Strimming
• Brushcutter
• Clearing saw
• Chainsaw (a very small element for the work and limited to cross cutting for access/path clearance purposes only Machine work including
• excavators (max 15 tonne),
• backhoe loader,
• tracked and wheeled dumpers.
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