01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Category
- services
- CPV classification
- 77211400 — Tree-cutting services
- Tender period
- Not supplied — 21 April 2025
Description
Scotland’s Railway has completed a procurement exercise for the Scotland's Railway Lineside (Vegetation & Boundary Management) Framework for Lots 1-3. The Framework covers Tree and Vegetation Management (clearance and maintenance) and Boundary Renewals. The Lots under the Framework are geographically split into West (Lot 1), Central (Lot 2) and East (Lot 3). The Framework has been awarded for an initial 4-year term, with the option to extend by up to 3 years (1+1+1). The total maximum value of the Framework, including headroom, is £182.83m over its full potential duration. The Framework is structured across 3 Lots. Lots 1–3 each have one appointed Principal Contractor and include a minimum spend commitment of £3 million per annum per Contractor over the initial 4-year term. In exceptional circumstances, including but not limited to, the insolvency of a Framework Supplier or termination of a Framework contract for one of the other lots, NR may award further works to a Supplier (beyond the value of the respective Lots stated within this Notice), provided that the total Framework Value of £182.83 million is not exceeded.
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02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
Scotland’s Railway Lineside Framework (SLF) Lot 1
- Awarded
- Not supplied
- Award value
- Not supplied
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 18 June 2026
Scotland’s Railway Lineside Framework (SLF) Lot 2
- Awarded
- Not supplied
- Award value
- Not supplied
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 18 June 2026
Scotland’s Railway Lineside Framework (SLF) Lot 3
- Awarded
- Not supplied
- Award value
- Not supplied
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 18 June 2026
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
Waterloo General Offices, London, UK, SE1 8SW, United Kingdom
Court of Session
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Ground Control Limited
Essex, UK, United Kingdom
QTS Group Ltd
Strathaven, UK, United Kingdom
Scottish Woodlands Limited
Edinburgh, UK, United Kingdom
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04 Provenance
Source for this process
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