Notice Information
Notice Title
Deer & Other Wildlife Management Services
Notice Description
Forestry & Land Scotland (FLS) undertakes deer and other wildlife management on Scotland's National Forest and Land (SNFL) to protect tree crop and designated sites from the adverse impacts of grazing/browsing herbivores. This protection increases the volume and quality of timber brought to market, enables woodland creation and protects and enhances biodiversity through habitat protection. The aim of this contract is to procure deer and other wildlife management services. These services will assist FLS in reducing and maintaining deer and other wildlife at sustainable densities across the SNFL through culling in a humane, safe and cost effective manner. These services are to be delivered in conjunction with the culling duties of FLS Wildlife Staff. Carcasses of deer and some other animals are sold into the human food chain and therefore the lardering of carcasses must be undertaken in accordance with Scottish Quality Wild Venison Assurance Scheme (SQWVAS) standards. The scope of this contract is primarily for deer culling. The culling of feral pig, feral goat and feral sheep is required on an opportunistic basis only. FLS reserves the right to deliver or procure a targeted feral pig, feral goat and/or feral sheep cull. Culling must be by centre fire rifle. Shotguns are not permitted. The contract term is 12 months commencing 1st July 2023. Regulation 72(1): FLS may modify the Contract, irrespective of the monetary value of those modifications, within the scope permitted under Regulation 72(1)(a) of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 should Operational reasons require it. Actual requirements can vary due to changes in: Deer ingress; Significant weather patterns impacting deer density; Forest block acquisition or disposal within the lot boundary; Taking responsibility for an FLS Staff block; Any disease or tree health issue; A change in Scottish Government or FLS strategies; Scottish Governments response to the Deer Working Group and any associated changes to published best practice and legislation; Any collaborative culling agreement; Receipt of additional funding; Standards associated with the preparation of carcasses and sale of bi- products to meet FLS business need; NatureScot legislative, regulatory or collaborative requirements; Scottish Governments response to COVID-19.
Lot Information
North B
The service required is deer and wildlife management on Scotland's National Forest & Land. This includes the culling, gralloching, transporting and lardering of deer in accordance with the specification requirements. Contractors must provide the managerial oversight required to ensure delivery and full compliance with all specification requirements by any direct employees and/or Subcontractors. Managerial oversight of contract performance is regarded as a critical task which must be performed directly by the bidder and not subcontracted. The service must be provided throughout the year. Contractors must be prepared and equipped to deliver culling services over difficult terrain and in adverse weather conditions. All land assigned as Contractor responsibility for any given year of the contract term must be attended frequently for the purposes of service delivery. Minimum Guaranteed Annual Cull Target: 3500 Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Options: Potential for additional in year culls.
Renewal: Contract duration includes an optional one year extension.
North AThe service required is deer and wildlife management on Scotland's National Forest & Land. This includes the culling, gralloching, transporting and lardering of deer in accordance with the specification requirements. Contractors must provide the managerial oversight required to ensure delivery and full compliance with all specification requirements by any direct employees and/or Subcontractors. Managerial oversight of contract performance is regarded as a critical task which must be performed directly by the bidder and not subcontracted. The service must be provided throughout the year. Contractors must be prepared and equipped to deliver culling services over difficult terrain and in adverse weather conditions. All land assigned as Contractor responsibility for any given year of the contract term must be attended frequently for the purposes of service delivery. Minimum Guaranteed Annual Cull Target: 3251 Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Options: Potential for additional in year culls.
Renewal: Contract duration includes an optional one year extension.
South AThe service required is deer and wildlife management on Scotland's National Forest & Land. This includes the culling, gralloching, transporting and lardering of deer in accordance with the specification requirements. Contractors must provide the managerial oversight required to ensure delivery and full compliance with all specification requirements by any direct employees and/or Subcontractors. Managerial oversight of contract performance is regarded as a critical task which must be performed directly by the bidder and not subcontracted. The service must be provided throughout the year. Contractors must be prepared and equipped to deliver culling services over difficult terrain and in adverse weather conditions. All land assigned as Contractor responsibility for any given year of the contract term must be attended frequently for the purposes of service delivery. Minimum Guaranteed Annual Cull Target: 2500 Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Options: Potential for additional in year culls.
Renewal: Contract duration includes an optional one year extension.
South BThe service required is deer and wildlife management on Scotland's National Forest & Land. This includes the culling, gralloching, transporting and lardering of deer in accordance with the specification requirements. Contractors must provide the managerial oversight required to ensure delivery and full compliance with all specification requirements by any direct employees and/or Subcontractors. Managerial oversight of contract performance is regarded as a critical task which must be performed directly by the bidder and not subcontracted. The service must be provided throughout the year. Contractors must be prepared and equipped to deliver culling services over difficult terrain and in adverse weather conditions. All land assigned as Contractor responsibility for any given year of the contract term must be attended frequently for the purposes of service delivery. Minimum Guaranteed Annual Cull Target: 1600 Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Options: Potential for additional in year culls.
Renewal: Contract duration includes an optional one year extension.
East AThe service required is deer and wildlife management on Scotland's National Forest & Land. This includes the culling, gralloching, transporting and lardering of deer in accordance with the specification requirements. Contractors must provide the managerial oversight required to ensure delivery and full compliance with all specification requirements by any direct employees and/or Subcontractors. Managerial oversight of contract performance is regarded as a critical task which must be performed directly by the bidder and not subcontracted. The service must be provided throughout the year. Contractors must be prepared and equipped to deliver culling services over difficult terrain and in adverse weather conditions. All land assigned as Contractor responsibility for any given year of the contract term must be attended frequently for the purposes of service delivery. Minimum Guaranteed Annual Cull Target: 2200 Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Options: Potential for additional in year culls.
Renewal: Contract duration includes an optional one year extension.
East BThe service required is deer and wildlife management on Scotland's National Forest & Land. This includes the culling, gralloching, transporting and lardering of deer in accordance with the specification requirements. Contractors must provide the managerial oversight required to ensure delivery and full compliance with all specification requirements by any direct employees and/or Subcontractors. Managerial oversight of contract performance is regarded as a critical task which must be performed directly by the bidder and not subcontracted. The service must be provided throughout the year. Contractors must be prepared and equipped to deliver culling services over difficult terrain and in adverse weather conditions. All land assigned as Contractor responsibility for any given year of the contract term must be attended frequently for the purposes of service delivery. Minimum Guaranteed Annual Cull Target: 4000 Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Options: Potential for additional in year culls.
Renewal: Contract duration includes an optional one year extension.
West AThe service required is deer and wildlife management on Scotland's National Forest & Land. This includes the culling, gralloching, transporting and lardering of deer in accordance with the specification requirements. Contractors must provide the managerial oversight required to ensure delivery and full compliance with all specification requirements by any direct employees and/or Subcontractors. Managerial oversight of contract performance is regarded as a critical task which must be performed directly by the bidder and not subcontracted. The service must be provided throughout the year. Contractors must be prepared and equipped to deliver culling services over difficult terrain and in adverse weather conditions. All land assigned as Contractor responsibility for any given year of the contract term must be attended frequently for the purposes of service delivery. Minimum Guaranteed Annual Cull Target: 1100 Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Options: Potential for additional in year culls.
Renewal: Contract duration includes an optional one year extension.
West BThe service required is deer and wildlife management on Scotland's National Forest & Land. This includes the culling, gralloching, transporting and lardering of deer in accordance with the specification requirements. Contractors must provide the managerial oversight required to ensure delivery and full compliance with all specification requirements by any direct employees and/or Subcontractors. Managerial oversight of contract performance is regarded as a critical task which must be performed directly by the bidder and not subcontracted. The service must be provided throughout the year. Contractors must be prepared and equipped to deliver culling services over difficult terrain and in adverse weather conditions. All land assigned as Contractor responsibility for any given year of the contract term must be attended frequently for the purposes of service delivery. Minimum Guaranteed Annual Cull Target: 1400 Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Options: Potential for additional in year culls.
Renewal: Contract duration includes an optional one year extension.
Central AThe service required is deer and wildlife management on Scotland's National Forest & Land. This includes the culling, gralloching, transporting and lardering of deer in accordance with the specification requirements. Contractors must provide the managerial oversight required to ensure delivery and full compliance with all specification requirements by any direct employees and/or Subcontractors. Managerial oversight of contract performance is regarded as a critical task which must be performed directly by the bidder and not subcontracted. The service must be provided throughout the year. Contractors must be prepared and equipped to deliver culling services over difficult terrain and in adverse weather conditions. All land assigned as Contractor responsibility for any given year of the contract term must be attended frequently for the purposes of service delivery. Minimum Guaranteed Annual Cull Target: 3000 Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Options: Potential for additional in year culls.
Renewal: Contract duration includes an optional one year extension.
Central BThe service required is deer and wildlife management on Scotland's National Forest & Land. This includes the culling, gralloching, transporting and lardering of deer in accordance with the specification requirements. Contractors must provide the managerial oversight required to ensure delivery and full compliance with all specification requirements by any direct employees and/or Subcontractors. Managerial oversight of contract performance is regarded as a critical task which must be performed directly by the bidder and not subcontracted. The service must be provided throughout the year. Contractors must be prepared and equipped to deliver culling services over difficult terrain and in adverse weather conditions. All land assigned as Contractor responsibility for any given year of the contract term must be attended frequently for the purposes of service delivery. Minimum Guaranteed Annual Cull Target: 3200 Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Options: Potential for additional in year culls.
Renewal: Contract duration includes an optional one year extension.
Procurement Information
This contract has been awarded to the supplier who finished 2nd within this lot on the previous open tender opportunity (C0224-9), following failure of the contract awarded via that process. The process of preparing for publication of a tender for a replacement contract via a competitive processed has already commenced.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02f371
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016464-2023
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
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- CPV Codes
77300000 - Horticultural services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £27,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £27,600,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £28,247,274 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 9 Jun 20233 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 28 Jan 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 22 Nov 2021Expired
- Award Date
- 27 Jun 20224 years ago
- Contract Period
- 1 May 2022 - 30 Apr 2028 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- 5 years from the date of contract award. 6 years if the optional extension is utilised.
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- Forestry and Land Scotland
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- INVERNESS
- Postcode
- IV3 8NW
- Postcode Area
- Inverness
- Country
- Scotland
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM2 Highlands and Islands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM20 Highlands and Islands
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
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- Local Authority
- Highland
- Electoral Ward
- Inverness West
- Westminster Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
Further Information
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