Awarded 21 September 2026
Contract Award Notice - Thames Tree Inspections and tree works
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · South East
Tree inspection tenders and contracts
UK public sector, covering 600+ buyer sites
51 contracts awarded in the 24 months to 12 October 2026
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Updated 12 October 2026 · compiled by BidSkim Limited · How we count
Tree inspection contracts ,
51 contracts across the UK, of any size
Recently awarded
The latest tree inspection contracts awarded
Awarded 15 September 2026
District Arboricultural Survey 2026
Folkestone & Hythe District Council · South East
Awarded 11 September 2026
Provision of Tree Surveys
Broadacres Housing Association · Yorkshire and the Humber
Awarded 27 August 2026
Tree Surveying Services
Stroud District Council · South West
Awarded 19 August 2026
Tree Surveying and Data Capture Services
Connexus · West Midlands
Who wins · 24 months to October 2026
Glendale won the most tree inspection contracts
RTT Services South Ltd won the most by value. Each dot is one contract, coloured by who bought it.
CouncilsHousing associationsOther public bodies
| Rank | Contractor | Contracts won, by buyer | Contracts | Value won | Buyers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glendale West Midlands · See every contract | 4 | £250k | 4 | ||
| 2joint | Dryad Tree Specialists Limited North East · SME · See every contract | 3 | £361k | 3 | ||
| 2joint | Vegetation Management Services South East · SME · See every contract | 3 | £278k | 3 | ||
| 2joint | CSG Usher's Ltd London · SME · See every contract | 3 | £103k | 1 | ||
| 2joint | Connick Tree Services Limited South East · See every contract | 3 | Not published | 2 | ||
| 6joint | Devon Tree Services South West · SME · See every contract | 2 | Not published | 1 | ||
| 6joint | Hallwood Associates East of England · See every contract | 2 | Not published | 1 | ||
| 6joint | Special Branch Tree Services North East · See every contract | 2 | Not published | 2 | ||
| 9joint | RTT Services South Ltd South East · See every contract | 1 | £3.3m | 1 | ||
| 9joint | RAILSCAPE LIMITED London · SME · See every contract | 1 | £500k | 1 |
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Who buys
Councils award 53% of tree inspection contracts
Housing associations buy the bigger jobs, at a median of £71k against £46k. Contracts with a published value in the last 24 months, from the type of buyer to the size of the contract.
8 buyers bought tree inspection more than once in the last 24 months
Each dot is a buyer, by how many tree inspection contracts it awarded in the last 24 months.
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Few and big, or many and small
Each dot is a buyer: how many tree inspection contracts it awarded against what they were worth. The busiest and biggest are named.
CouncilsHousing associationsOther public bodies
Top buyers by contracts awarded
| Rank | Buyer | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London Borough of Haringey | 3 | £103k |
| 2 | Environment Agency | 3 | £14k |
| 3 | Karbon Homes | 2 | £215k |
| 4 | East Sussex County Council | 2 | £146k |
| 5 | Salford City Council | 2 | £44k |
| 6 | Central Bedfordshire Council | 2 | Not published |
| 7 | Exeter City Council | 2 | Not published |
| 8 | Horsham District Council | 2 | Not published |
| 9 | VIVID Housing Limited | 1 | £3.3m |
| 10 | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | 1 | £500k |
Prices
Half of tree inspection contracts are worth less than £53k
Every contract with a published value, on a log scale, coloured by who bought it.
CouncilsHousing associationsOther public bodies
The 10 biggest contracts hold 80% of the money
Coloured by who bought it.
- VIVID Housing LimitedRTT Services South Ltd · 23 Jun 2026
- Network Rail Infrastructure LimitedRAILSCAPE LIMITED · 14 Aug 2025
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsVegetation Management Services · 21 Sep 2026
- Karbon HomesDryad Tree Specialists Limited · 20 Aug 2025
- Southend-on-Sea City CouncilRuskins · 4 Sep 2025
- East Sussex County CouncilDryad Tree Specialists Limited · 26 May 2026
- London Borough of HaveringPlace Services · 11 Feb 2026
- Leeds Federated Housing AssociationThomson Environmental Consultants · 31 Mar 2025
- Havebury Housing PartnershipHAYDEN'S ARBORICULTURAL CONSULTANTS LIMITED · 6 Nov 2025
- Lichfield District CouncilPeace Arboriculture · 10 Aug 2026
Where and when
The South East awards the most tree inspection contracts. October and June are the busiest months.
Contracts by region and by month awarded. Click a region to filter the page.
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| Region | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 10 | £3.8m |
| London | 7 | £979k |
| West Midlands | 6 | £260k |
| East of England | 6 | £438k |
| North East | 5 | £266k |
| North West | 3 | £90k |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 3 | £150k |
| South West | 2 | £90k |
| East Midlands | 1 | £93k |
| Wales | 1 | £3k |
| Scotland | 0 | Not published |
| Northern Ireland | 0 | Not published |
Often bought with tree inspection
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Deadlines
Half of tree inspection tenders close within 31 days of being published
Each dot is a tree inspection tender published across the UK in the last 24 months, by how many days it was open. 50% closed within a month. Spot one a week late and 23% of the time to respond has gone.
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Key findings
- 31 days
is how long the typical tree inspection tender is open, from publication to deadline.
Median of 42 UK tree inspection tenders published in the last 24 months. - 2
new tree inspection tenders are published across the UK in a typical month.
48 in the last 24 months. - 80%
of the money is in the 10 biggest tree inspection contracts.
Of 36 contracts with a published value. - 81%
of tree inspection contracts are won by SMEs.
As recorded by the buyer, on 36 award notices. - 27%
of tree inspection contracts are awarded in October and June.
14 of 51 contracts.
Questions
How many tree inspection contracts does the UK public sector award?
51 in the 24 months to 12 October 2026, from 41 public buyers.
How long are tree inspection tenders open for?
The median tree inspection tender is open for 31 days from publication to deadline.
How much is a typical public sector tree inspection contract worth?
The median is £53k, and 94% are worth less than £250k.
Who wins the most public sector tree inspection contracts?
Glendale won the most (4). RTT Services South Ltd won the most by value (£3.3m).
Which buyers award the most tree inspection contracts?
Councils award 53% of them.
What is included
Periodic inspection and surveying of a buyer's trees for safety and condition, producing risk ratings, recommended works and a tree inventory or asset register.
- Cyclical and annual tree safety surveys
- Visual tree assessment
- Highway and rail corridor tree inspections
- Tree condition and tree health surveys
- Digital tree inventories and GIS asset registers
- Tree risk zoning and inspection and management programmes
- Tree survey services for utilities and landlords
What is not included
- BS 5837 development surveys and arboricultural impact assessments (grd.arb.development-tree-surveys)
- The tree works that follow a survey (grd.arb.tree-surgery-and-tree-works)
- Pest and disease surveys such as OPM nest surveys (grd.arb.tree-pest-and-disease-control)
- Ash dieback surveys inside an ash dieback programme (grd.arb.ash-dieback-and-diseased-tree-felling)
- Bat and ecological surveys of trees (another industry: waste-environment)
- Tree management software (it.lob.tree-asset-management)
- Forest inventory and woodland production surveys (grd.forest.forest-management-planning-and-inventory)
- Tree preservation order reviews and surveys of protected trees for a planning authority (grd.arb.tree-preservation-planning-advice)
- I-Tree Eco sample plot surveys and canopy studies of a whole urban area (grd.arb.urban-tree-canopy-i-tree-surveys)