Quarrying - North District
Forestry Commission · North East and North West · up to £2,416,500
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What the buyer wants
Framework agreement for quarrying works in North England, divided into drilling and blasting (Lot 1) and extraction and processing/crushing (Lot 2), including compliance with Quarries Regulations and Health and Safety requirements.
Quarrying works in the north of England comprise extraction and processing of aggregate from hard rock quarries, including associated drilling and blasting works.
Materials are extracted in relatively small quantities and used in various Forestry England civil engineering applications, mostly for the construction and maintenance of forest roads for the purposes of facilitating timber harvesting. Quarrying operations are therefore undertaken in a number of specific locations, in close proximity to the point of use of the extracted materials. Typically, extraction of materials will take place over a period of a few weeks each year, with material then stockpiled within the quarry, or at other designated locations for use as and when needed.
This Framework is divided in to 2 Lots:
Lot 1 - Drilling and blasting
Lot 2 - Extraction and processing/crushing
How Tenderoo reads it
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The notice reads as suitable for a small or medium-sized firm: the scope, value and requirements are within reach of a business of that size.
Services required
- Rock-removal work
- Blasting work
What you will need to show
- Health and safety management response — Supplier must demonstrate capability and provide suitably qualified personnel for explosives supervision, shotfiring, drilling, blast design, and handling explosives, complying with Quarries Regulations and Health and Safety Document.
- Employers' & public liability insurance — Supplier must hold appropriate insurance for employers' and public liability to cover quarrying operations.
- Health & safety law compliance — Supplier must comply with relevant health and safety legislation including Quarries Regulations 1999, Explosives Regulations 2014, and the quarry Health and Safety Document.
- Blast design and reporting — Supplier must produce a blast design and full report for each blast operation.
Lots
- Drilling and blasting (up to £645,000) — The Supplier carries out all drilling and blasting operations, in accordance with the Quarries Regulations 1999 particularly Part V and the Explosives Regulations 2014 , and the quarry Health and Safety Document. Blasting activities typically take place at 2 to 5 sites per year, with tonnages between 20,000 and 35,000T per blast. The Client (The Operator) will retain 8.1.(c) responsibilities during blasting operations. The Supplier’s named individual will be appointed as the 8.1. (d) and the client will also appoint the Supplier’s named individual as the Explosives Supervisor under regulation 25 of the Quarries Regulations for the duration of the Work Order. This requires the Supplier to have capability in the following areas: 1. Provide suitably qualified, competent and qualified personnel to undertake the following duties: Explosives Supervisor Shotfirer Driller Blast Designer Face profiler Trainee Shotfirer (if required) Handing of explosives Transportation of explosives 2. Provide all required survey work relating to the blasting operation. 3. Provide all plant and equipment required including fuels, oils, transportation, explosives and accessories (except those items mentioned below that will be supplied by the Client). Provide testing certification under PUWER regulations for plant and equipment used during operations. 4. In the event of a misfire undertake all works to make the situation safe, including provision of all plant and equipment. 5. Provide vibrographs and operator if required. 6. Produce a blast design and full report for each blast. Unless otherwise agreed the Client provides all stemming materials, prepares the blast area to an agreed standard and provides suitable operated plant for the distribution of stemming material. The Client also provides all relevant Geotechnical information and maps required, undertakes any appointments and provides the Supplier with sentries and means of communication on the day of each blast. Forestry England retains the Regulation 8(1)(c) competent individual, while the Supplier’s named person is formally appointed as the Regulation 25 Explosives Supervisor.
- Extraction and processing/crushing (up to £1,771,500) — The Supplier carries out all extraction and processing, in accordance with the Quarries Regulations 1999, and the quarry Health and Safety Document. The Client (The Operator) will retain 8.1.(c) responsibilities during operations. The Supplier’s named individual will be appointed as the 8.1. (d) deputy quarry manager to supervise the works for the duration of the Work Order. The Client requires the Supplier to carry out the following services to facilitate the extraction and processing of aggregates at Forestry England quarries: 1. Removal of material from processed stockpiles and blast piles. 2. Excavation of raw materials 3. Processing of raw materials including crushing and screening. 4. Provision of stemming material and plant for movement and placement 5. Maintenance and reinstatement of quarry floor and safety features 6. Maintenance and reinstatement of egress and quarry roads, during quarrying operations 7. Crushing of as blasted material. 8. Loading of aggregate during quarry operations 9. Haulage of aggregate to forest locations 10. Daily inspections as required by the Quarries Regulations in accordance with the Client’s requirements. 11. Soil and overburden excavation, haulage within the quarry and tip creation. 12. Restoration works. The Client retains the Regulation 8(1)(c) competent individual, while the Supplier’s named person is formally appointed as the 8(1)(d) for the duration of the works.
Key facts
- Buyer: Forestry Commission
- Estimated value: up to £2,416,500
- Deadline: 9 November 2026
- Location: North East and North West
- Published on: Find a Tender
- First seen by Tenderoo: 15 October 2026
- CPV: 45111212, 45111211
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