Mechanised Ground Preparation Operations

A Contract Award Notice
by FORESTRY AND LAND SCOTLAND

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
5 year (est.)
Value
£461K
Sector
ENVIRONMENT
Published
26 Jun 2024
Delivery
To 31 May 2029 (est.)
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

Inverness

Geochart for 3 buyers and 2 suppliers

3 buyers

1 supplier

Description

Forestry & Land Scotland (THE PURCHASER) undertakes ground preparation on Scotland’s National Forest and Land (SNFL) to establish new tree crops, maintaining the volume of timber brought to market and enabling woodland creation. The aim of this contract is to provide ground preparation and mechanised establishment and tending services to a high quality, in a safe, sustainable and cost effective manner.

Lot Division

8 Disc Scarification & Continuous Mounding - East Region
14 Disc Scarification & Continuous Mounding - North Region

Award Detail

1 Dunnydeerservices (Dunnydeer Home Farm Insch)
  • Disc Scarification & Continuous Mounding - East Region
  • Num offers: 2
  • Value: £260,379
  • Contractor is an SME.
2 Dunnydeerservices (Dunnydeer Home Farm Insch)
  • Disc Scarification & Continuous Mounding - North Region
  • Num offers: 2
  • Value: £200,492
  • Contractor is an SME.

Award Criteria

Methodology 12.5
Water Management 10.0
Training Competency 7.5
Service Quality 7.5
Timescales 7.5
Environmental Impact 5.0
PRICE 50.0

CPV Codes

  • 77300000 - Horticultural services
  • 77200000 - Forestry services

Indicators

  • Award on basis of price.

Other Information

Reg 33(1)(a) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 states that a contracting authority may award through the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice or PIN where: “no tenders, no suitable tenders, no requests to participate or no suitable requests to participate have been submitted in response to an open procedure or a restricted procedure, provided that the initial conditions of the contract are not substantially altered and that a report is sent” Given that the conditions of Reg 33(1)(a) were satisfied for these lots, they are being awarded through the negotiated procedure without prior publication. (SC Ref:770163)

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