Tree seed purchases

Concepts

• tree nursery products
• bristol
• voluntary ex ante transparency
• national highways limited
• tree seed purchases
• provision of seeds
• tree seeds
• nhl
• forestart limited
• year

Location

England

Description

This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) notice informing the market that National Highways Limited (NHL) intend to award a contract without prior publication of a call for competition. NHL is entering into a contract with Forestart Limited for provision of seeds over five years.

Total Quantity or Scope

Tree seeds to the value of £50,000 a year for five years.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 03450000 - Tree-nursery products

Legal Justification

The UK has a limited market for seed supply with only one major seed supplier – Forestart - with the capacity to secure our volumes, given our requirements over quantity, quality and variety. The need to source healthy plant and tree stocks means importing seeds and trees is not considered an option as this threatens bio-security, increases cost e.g. through import fees, delays timescales and raises planting failure rates due to a lack of local origin. National Highways Limited considers the award is permitted by regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

Other Information

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