UKWAS Auditing Service 2024-29

A Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice
by FORESTRY AND LAND SCOTLAND

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Contract (Services)
Duration: not specified
Value: £147K

Sector: BUSINESS
Published: 14 May 2024
Delivery: not specified
Deadline: n/a

Concepts

Location

Scotland (national forestry estate)

Geochart for 2 buyers and 1 suppliers

2 buyers

Forestry & Land Scotland Inverness

1 supplier

Soil Association Certification Bristol

Description

Certification body services for auditing and and surveillance of organisational policies, procedures and practices against the current UK Woodland Assurance Standard (UKWAS). As UKWAS meets both of the forest management certification schemes: the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC).

Award Detail

1	Soil Association Certification (Bristol) Reference: fls-0092-c Value: £147,180 Contractor is an SME.

CPV Codes

79212000 - Auditing services

Indicators

Legal Justification

This ‘Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication’ meets the requirements of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015; Regulation 33(1)(b)(ii) as there is only one supplier who can deliver auditing to achieve the particular specialist dual accreditations that Forestry and Land Scotland require.