Essential Site, Plant and Equipment Training - Lots 2,3,4,5 & 7

Environment Agency
London
Open procedure
12 January 2026 to 27 November 2028

Delivery of a multi-lot training programme covering chainsaw and arboriculture, confined space entry with mobile simulators, heavy plant and machinery operation, lifting and winching, MEICA electrical safety, site management, vegetation control, and vocational driver CPC training. The contract requires both novice and refresher courses to maintain workforce competency for flood and coastal asset maintenance and incident response, with specific requirements for on-site delivery and adherence to industry-standard certifications.

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Awarded value: £5.4m; As published
Published: 28 March 2025
Awarded: 12 January 2026; KNW Training, T Kirk Forestry and Intertrain
Contract length: 34 months; Ends 27 November 2028

What the contract covers

Training services

Provision of specialist technical, safety, and vocational training for operational field teams, including plant, machinery, and incident response certification.

Deliver professional-standard chainsaw operations and tree management training structured across Level 2 and Level 3 awards
Train operations field teams for routine maintenance and incident response activities on standing and fallen timber in all conditions, including chainsaw maintenance, cross-cutting, powered pole pruners, tree felling and processing, in-channel obstruction removal and chainsaw use on floating platforms
Deliver 6160 City and Guilds Accredited water-based confined space entry and rescue courses
Deliver Confined Space Awareness for Managers and Supervisors – R87 training for staff entering culverts, penstocks, flow control structures and pumping station wet wells
Deliver novice and refresher training in safe digging under EUSR standards to locate and manage utility services
Deliver training in the use and inspection of fall-arrest harnesses, ladders, scaffold towers and working-at-height equipment
Deliver training on hand tools, circular and band saws, and abrasive wheels
Deliver training covering the use of heavy plant and machinery for construction and agricultural operations and the organisation’s operational and response work
Enable Environment Agency Field Operations staff to operate heavy plant and machinery to a safe, effective and efficient standard
Deliver lifting and winching training for agricultural and forestry operations and the organisation’s operational and response work

Lot	Estimated value	SMEs
Lot 1	Not stated	Not stated
Lot 2	Not stated	Not stated
Lot 3	Not stated	Not stated
Lot 4	Not stated	Not stated
Lot 5	Not stated	Not stated
Lot 6	Not stated	Not stated
Lot 7	Not stated	Not stated
Lot 8	Not stated	Not stated
Lot 9	Not stated	Not stated

Terms and requirements

Contract type: Training services
Procedure: Open procedure
Initial term: 36 months
Extensions: 12 months + 12 months
Longest it can run: 60 months
Contract dates: 12 January 2026 to 27 November 2028
Certifications asked for: City and Guilds, EUSR, NRSWA, SMSTS, SSSTS, DCPC, DVSA Earned Recognition
Lots: 9
Suitable for SMEs: Yes
Suitable for charities and social enterprises: Yes
Category: Services
CPV codes: 80510000, 80511000, 80531200, 80560000

Services in this contract

Construction, trade and building services trainingMain service£52k typicalHeavy plant, lifting and winching, and site management training lots
Health and safety training£30k typicalConfined spaces and general health and safety training lots

Lifecycle

Published
28 March 2025
Contract awardedto KNW Training, T Kirk Forestry and Intertrain
12 January 2026
Contract starts
12 January 2026
Contract ends
27 November 2028

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Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/320061/essential-site-plant-and-equipment-training-lots-2-3-4-5-and-7
Buyer reference: ocds-h6vhtk-04fa18
Open contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-04fa18
Last checked: 5 November 2026

Environment Agency. Essential Site, Plant and Equipment Training - Lots 2,3,4,5 & 7. Contract award, 28 March 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/320061/essential-site-plant-and-equipment-training-lots-2-3-4-5-and-7 (accessed 5 November 2026).