Mensuration, Establishment and Other Related Surveys Framework Agreement
A Tender Notice
by FORESTRY AND LAND SCOTLAND
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Framework (Services)
- Duration
- 4 year
- Value
- £5M
- Sector
- ENVIRONMENT
- Published
- 17 Aug 2023
- Delivery
- To 14 May 2028 (est.)
- Deadline
- 13 Oct 2023 13:00
Concepts
Location
Scotland: West Region
1 buyer
- Forestry & Land Scotland Inverness
Description
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has a requirement to procure a number of different surveys to meet our requirement to manage the national forest estate. Survey requirements procured through this Framework may include: - Production and Attribute - Drone Surveys (Standard, Thermal and Specialist) - Stocking Density Assessment - Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment (non-SDA) - Hylobius Surveys - Deer Dung Count - Rhododendron Surveys - LiDAR Calibration Surveys - Peatland Depth Survey - Peatland Restoration Monitoring Surveys - Peatland Code Surveys This Framework is split into 29 Lots based on survey type. The Framework term is four (4) years with no option to extend.
Lot Division
| 1 | Production and Attribute Surveys North Region
Region: North Lot Description: Production and Attribute Requirements: Attribute Surveys to check the accuracy held within the Sub-Compartment Database (SCDB). Production Surveys are used to inform the sales of timber and where applicable thinning volumes. Award Criteria
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| 2 | Production and Attribute Surveys East Region
Region: East Lot Description: Production and Attribute Requirements: Attribute Surveys to check the accuracy held within the Sub-Compartment Database (SCDB). Production Surveys are used to inform the sales of timber and where applicable thinning volumes. Award Criteria
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| 3 | Production and Attribute Surveys West Region
Region: West Lot Description: Production and Attribute Requirements: Attribute Surveys to check the accuracy held within the Sub-Compartment Database (SCDB). Production Surveys are used to inform the sales of timber and where applicable thinning volumes. Award Criteria
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| 4 | Production and Attribute Surveys Central Region
Region: Central Lot Description: Production and Attribute Requirements: Attribute Surveys to check the accuracy held within the Sub-Compartment Database (SCDB). Production Surveys are used to inform the sales of timber and where applicable thinning volumes. Award Criteria
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| 5 | Production and Attribute Surveys South Region
Region: South Lot Description: Production and Attribute Requirements: Attribute Surveys to check the accuracy held within the Sub-Compartment Database (SCDB). Production Surveys are used to inform the sales of timber and where applicable thinning volumes. Award Criteria
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| 6 | Drone Surveys - Standard
Lot Description: Drone Surveys Standard Requirements: Production of orthomosaics, oblique shots and video, usingstandard equipment, that can be anywhere on FLS land during daylight hours. Award Criteria
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| 7 | Drone Surveys - Wildlife
Lot Description: Drone Surveys Wildlife Requirements: Capture and interpretation of thermal imagery over specific areas to ascertain minimum counts of mammal species and/or other wildlife. Award Criteria
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| 8 | Drone Surveys - Specialist
Lot Description: Drone Surveys - Specialist Requirements: This Lot covers a wide range of potential work whichmay include but is not limited to: Core o Thermal o Multi-spectral o Operations during night hours o Use of fixed wing drones o Specialist operations such as pesticide application or seeding operations Non-core o LiDAR (Light detecting and Rangin) o (EVLoS) Extended Visual line of sight (EVLoS) o (BVLoS) Beyond visual line of sight (BVLoS) Award Criteria
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| 9 | Stocking Density Assessment (SDA) North Region
Region: North Lot Description: Stocking Density Assessment North Region Requirements: Initial Survey after the first year of growth when plants are dormant, final year 5 survey at the end of the 4th growing season. Award Criteria
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| 10 | Stocking Density Assessment (SDA) East Region
Lot Description: Stocking Density Assessment East Region Requirements: Initial Survey after the first year of growth when plants are dormant, final year 5 survey at the end of the 4th growing season. Award Criteria
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| 11 | Stocking Density Assessment (SDA) West Region
Lot Description: Stocking Density Assessment West Region Requirements: Initial Survey after the first year of growth when plants are dormant, final year 5 survey at the end of the 4th growing season. Award Criteria
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| 12 | Stocking Density Assessment (SDA) Central Region
Lot Description: Stocking Density Assessment Central Region Requirements: Initial Survey after the first year of growth when plants are dormant, final year 5 survey at the end of the 4th growing season. Award Criteria
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| 13 | Stocking Density Assessment (SDA) South Region
Lot Description: Stocking Density Assessment South Region Requirements: Initial Survey after the first year of growth when plants are dormant, final year 5 survey at the end of the 4th growing season. Award Criteria
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| 14 | Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment (non-SDA) Survey North Region
Region: North Lot Description: Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment Survey North Region Requirements: Strategic Walkthrough Surveys to gather broad information about the regeneration status of sites. Detailed regeneration surveys of sites requiring plot work and stratification. Award Criteria
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| 15 | Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment (non-SDA) Survey East Region
Region: East Lot Description: Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment Survey East Region Requirements: Strategic Walkthrough Surveys to gather broad information about the regeneration status of sites. Detailed regeneration surveys of sites requiring plot work and stratification. Award Criteria
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| 16 | Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment (non-SDA) Survey West Region
Region: West Lot Description: Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment Survey West Region Requirements: Strategic Walkthrough Surveys to gather broad information about the regeneration status of sites. Detailed regeneration surveys of sites requiring plot work and stratification. Award Criteria
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| 17 | Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment (non-SDA) Survey Central Region
Region: Central Lot Description: Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment Survey Central Region Requirements: Strategic Walkthrough Surveys to gather broad information about the regeneration status of sites. Detailed regeneration surveys of sites requiring plot work and stratification. Award Criteria
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| 18 | Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment (non-SDA) Survey South Region
Region: South Lot Description: Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment Survey South Region Requirements: Strategic Walkthrough Surveys to gather broad information about the regeneration status of sites. Detailed regeneration surveys of sites requiring plot work and stratification. Award Criteria
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| 19 | Hylobius Survey North Region
Region: North Lot Description: Hylobius Survey North Region Requirements: The large pine weevil, Hylobius abietis, can cause extensive damage to young trees on restocked clearfell sites by feeding on the stems, but damage is often highly variable. Thus a survey has been devised to assess numbers of weevils on restock sites. Award Criteria
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| 20 | Hylobius Survey East Region
Region: East Lot Description: Hylobius Survey East Region Requirements: The large pine weevil, Hylobius abietis, can cause extensive damage to young trees on restocked clearfell sites by feeding on the stems, but damage is often highly variable. Thus a survey has been devised to assess numbers of weevils on restock sites. Award Criteria
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| 21 | Hylobius Survey West Region
Region: West Lot Description: Hylobius Survey West Region Requirements: The large pine weevil, Hylobius abietis, can cause extensive damage to young trees on restocked clearfell sites by feeding on the stems, but damage is often highly variable. Thus a survey has been devised to assess numbers of weevils on restock sites. Award Criteria
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| 22 | Hylobius Survey Central Region
Region: Central Lot Description: Hylobius Survey Central Region Requirements: The large pine weevil, Hylobius abietis, can cause extensive damage to young trees on restocked clearfell sites by feeding on the stems, but damage is often highly variable. Thus a survey has been devised to assess numbers of weevils on restock sites. Award Criteria
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| 23 | Hylobius Survey South Region
Region: South Lot Description: Hylobius Survey South Region Requirements: The large pine weevil, Hylobius abietis, can cause extensive damage to young trees on restocked clearfell sites by feeding on the stems, but damage is often highly variable. Thus a survey has been devised to assess numbers of weevils on restock sites. Award Criteria
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| 24 | Deer Dung Count
Lot Description: Deer Dung Count Requirements: Collection, analysis and modelling of data associated dung density and condition to derive deer numbers on FLS land. Award Criteria
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| 25 | Rhododendron Surveys
Lot Description: Rhododendron Surveys Requirements: Walk-over survey that involves assessing quadrats across FLS land identifying the presence of Rhododendron and other invasive species. Award Criteria
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| 26 | LiDAR Calibration Survey
Lot Description: LiDAR Calibration Survey Requirements: Calibrate and validate data derived from LiDAR, requirements also include carbon capture and other specific surveys that require diameter, species and height according to individual stems where the species varies to that from production and attribute surveys. Award Criteria
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| 27 | Peatland Depth Survey
Lot Description: Peatland Depth Survey Requirements: Gathering of peat depth data for project areas that will be restored, to ensure compliance with Peatland Action terms and conditions and the survey methodology required. Award Criteria
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| 28 | Peatland Restoration Monitoring Survey
Lot Description: Peatland Restoration Monitoring Survey Requirements: Monitoring of all ongoing peatland restoration projects. Quadrat survey is established and repeated to ascertain a trend in the process of restoration. Award Criteria
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| 29 | Peatland Code Survey
Lot Description: Peatland Code Survey Requirements: All eligible peatland restoration projects will be registered to the Peatland Code, and will need to be surveyed according to the latest published version of the IUCN UK Peatland Code Field Protocol and guidance. These surveys will provide outputs required for Peatland Code validation and verification. Award Criteria
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CPV Codes
- 77300000 - Horticultural services
- 77200000 - Forestry services
- 71355000 - Surveying services
- 79311000 - Survey services
- 77000000 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
- 77231000 - Forestry management services
Indicators
- This is a recurring contract.
- Renewals are not available.
- Financial restrictions apply.
- Technical restrictions apply.
Other Information
** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Scoring Methodology Technical: 0-Unacceptable-Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate an ability to meet the requirement. 25-Poor-Response is partially relevant and poor. The response addresses some elements of the requirement but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate how the requirement will be fulfilled. 50-Acceptable-Response is relevant and acceptable. The response addresses a broad understanding of the requirement but may lack details on how the requirement will be fulfilled in certain areas. 75-Good-Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good understanding and provides details on how the requirements will be fulfilled. 100-Excellent-Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates a thorough understanding of the requirement and provides details of how the requirement will be met in full. Any Bidder that receives a score detailed in the Invitation to Tender against the relevant question will be excluded from the tender Tenderers should note that although the value of the Framework has been estimated at 5,040,000 GBP excluding VAT over the maximum four year framework period, the Authority reserves the right to modify the Framework– irrespective of the monetary value of modifications – within the scope permitted under Regulation 72 (1) of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, should operational reasons require it. Please refer to the "Framework Agreement" Document; Section 2.4 contained within the Tender Pack on PCS-T for a full list of operational reasons for modifications. Scottish Government Supplier Journey: https://www.supplierjourney.scot/ Buyer Help and Guidance on PCS-Tender here: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/web/buyerhelp.h... The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 24873. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 The Contracting Authority does not intend to include a sub-contract clause as part of community benefits (as per Section 25 of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014) in this contract for the following reason: It will be encouraged for prime contractors to advertise sub-contracting opportunities via PCS, however it will not be mandated as use of PCS to advertise sub-contracting opportunities is not intended to cut across supply chain arrangements that the prime contractor may already have in place. The PIN responses and sub-contracting pattern have evidenced an established sub-contracting network. Whilst it does represent best practice, use of PCS in this instance is unlikely to add any additional value and may delay mobilisation. The Contracting Authority does not intend to include any community benefit requirements in this contract for the following reason: Due to the value of each of the lots being fairly low with a maximum lot value of 600K GBP and due to the variety of surveys included within the framework it is not expected any supplier will tender for more than half the number of surveys, it is expected that due to volumes of work the majority of suppliers within each lot will be used. Therefore, no supplier will be delivering a significant % of the overall framework value as such community benefits have not been included in this tender. (SC Ref:741768)
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-03ab7c
- FTS 024181-2023