Notice Information
Notice Title
Forestry Development and Management
Notice Description
Development and management of Scottish Water woodland and forest for carbon sequestration including provision of professional advice, design, Scottish Forestry applications, tree procurement, site preparation, woodland carbon code site registration, tree planting, and maintenance.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Provision of management for woodland and forest development services, including maintenance, for carbon sequestration. As part of its Net Zero Emissions Route-map, SW has committed to: *Store more carbon dioxide than we produce by increasing the carbon dioxide stored on the land we own *Increase the biodiversity on the land that we own *Activities may include traditional woodland creation (biodiversity, or commercial) or other forms of vegetation planting and natural capital improvement to increase the amount of carbon stored on SW land. Delivering this commitment will involve a significant programme of woodland creation in line with Scottish Forestry good practice and the requirements of the Woodland Creation Grant Schemes. This also includes the associated maintenance of woodland during the first five-years of period. Projects to go through several stages to reach the point where the new trees can grow sustainably without significant intervention. Services Required: - Provision of expert advice. - Engagement with Scottish Water rural property management supplier. - Design preparation. - Successful Scottish Forestry applications for grants/permissions. - Tree procurement. - Site Preparation. - Tree planting and associated protection. - Tree replacement planting 5-years after initial planting. - Maintenance of trees and sites until trees are approximately 6ft high.
Renewal: Subject to changes in requirements, the framework may be re-procured in 2031.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03ae94
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009622-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
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- CPV Codes
77000000 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £10,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £10,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Mar 202511 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 4 Apr 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 30 Sep 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SCOTTISH WATER
- Contact Name
- Mark Duignan
- Contact Email
- mark.duignan@scottishwater.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1414830266
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GLASGOW
- Postcode
- G33 6FB
- Post Town
- Glasgow
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM3 West Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM34 North Lanarkshire
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
-
- Local Authority
- North Lanarkshire
- Electoral Ward
- Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead
- Westminster Constituency
- Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch
Further Information
Notice URLs
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