Notice Information
Notice Title
FLS-1886 The Supply and Delivery of Harvester and Forwarder Machinery
Notice Description
FLS has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the Supply and Delivery of Harvester and Forwarder Machinery.
Lot Information
Lot 1
FLS has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the Supply and Delivery of Harvester and Forwarder Machinery.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-059d39
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057743-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
16 - Agricultural machinery
77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
-
- CPV Codes
16300000 - Harvesting machinery
16340000 - Harvesting and threshing machinery
77300000 - Horticultural services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,100,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,100,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 Sep 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 20 Oct 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- FORESTRY AND LAND SCOTLAND
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- flexibleprocurement@scotland-excel.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 3000676000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- INVERNESS
- Postcode
- IV3 8NW
- Post Town
- Inverness
- Country
- Scotland
-
- 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
-
- Local Authority
- Highland
- Electoral Ward
- Inverness West
- Westminster Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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