Contract award · 4 Sep 2026

The Big Halton Forest

Halton Borough Council awarded “The Big Halton Forest” to WSP UK Limited for £29,684 on 4 Sep 2026. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionConstruction workNorth West

Value £29,684
WinnerWSP UK Limited

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

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Key facts

Buyer
Halton Borough Council · Regional or local authority
Value
£29,684
Procedure
Direct award
Sector
Construction work · Environmental improvement works (CPV 45262640)
Timeline
  1. Contract date4 Sep 2026
  2. Published22 Sep 2026Published 18 days after the contract date

Description

As part of The Big Halton Forest WSP will provide an environmental practitioner to work in collaboration with Halton Environmental Services to design large and small scale forestry planting schemes, within public open spaces. Over the last three years we have planted approx. 90,000 trees. We aim to plant a further 10,000 tree per year to meet the 130,000 trees planted target by 2030.

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