Notice Information
Notice Title
Ecological Surveys for Forestry and Land Scotland
Notice Description
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has a requirement to procure a number of ecological surveys as part of the process of managing the national forest estate. Surveys requirements are varied, with multiple survey types being required and survey provision to be carried over a wide range of locations throughout Scotland. The delivery of survey services are often in peak times during the Spring and Summer season however some are required year round. The survey requirements were previously met by numerous suppliers through the following contractual relationships; Framework Reference: FESH01- Open Habitat Surveys Framework Reference: FW0015- Ecological Support on Forest Estate Framework Reference: FW0016- Dothistroma Needle Blight and Tree health Surveys
Lot Information
North Region- Preoperational, Terrestrial species and habitats, ASNW, PAWS, HIA, Vascular Plants, Monitoring and Surveying of Non-wooded Priority Habitats, New acquisition surveys
This lot is for the North Region of FLS and includes monitoring and surveying of peatland, monitoring and surveying of new acquisition land, monitoring and surveying of non- wooded UK priority habitats, preoperational surveys, vascular plant surveys, terrestrial surveys, monitoring and surveying of Ancient Semi Natural Woodland (ASNW), monitoring and surveying of Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites(PAWS), and Herbivore Impact Assessments (HIA).. 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.
Renewal: With the option to extend for two further 12 month periods
East Region- Preoperational, Terrestrial species and habitats, ASNW, PAWS, HIA, Vascular Plants, Monitoring and Surveying of Non-wooded Priority Habitats, New acquisition surveysThis lot is for the East Region of FLS and includes monitoring and surveying of peatland, monitoring and surveying of new acquisition land, monitoring and surveying of non- wooded UK priority habitats, preoperational surveys, vascular plant surveys, terrestrial surveys, monitoring and surveying of Ancient Semi Natural Woodland (ASNW), monitoring and surveying of Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites(PAWS), and Herbivore Impact Assessments (HIA).. 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.
Renewal: With the option to extend for two further 12 month periods
Central Region- Preoperational, Terrestrial species and habitats, ASNW, PAWS, HIA, Vascular Plants, Monitoring and Surveying of Non-wooded Priority Habitats, New acquisition surveysThis lot is for the Central Region of FLS and includes monitoring and surveying of peatland, monitoring and surveying of new acquisition land, monitoring and surveying of non- wooded UK priority habitats, preoperational surveys, vascular plant surveys, terrestrial surveys, monitoring and surveying of Ancient Semi Natural Woodland (ASNW), monitoring and surveying of Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites(PAWS), and Herbivore Impact Assessments (HIA).. 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.
Renewal: With the option to extend for two further 12 month periods
West Region- Preoperational, Terrestrial species and habitats, ASNW, PAWS, HIA, Vascular Plants, Monitoring and Surveying of Non-wooded Priority Habitats, New acquisition surveysThis lot is for the West Region of FLS and includes monitoring and surveying of peatland, monitoring and surveying of new acquisition land, monitoring and surveying of non- wooded UK priority habitats, preoperational surveys, vascular plant surveys, terrestrial surveys, monitoring and surveying of Ancient Semi Natural Woodland (ASNW), monitoring and surveying of Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites(PAWS), and Herbivore Impact Assessments (HIA).. 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.
Renewal: With the option to extend for two further 12 month periods
South Region- Preoperational, Terrestrial species and habitats, ASNW, PAWS, HIA, Vascular Plants, Monitoring and Surveying of Non-wooded Priority Habitats, New acquisition surveysThis lot is for the South Region of FLS and includes monitoring and surveying of peatland, monitoring and surveying of new acquisition land, monitoring and surveying of non- wooded UK priority habitats, preoperational surveys, vascular plant surveys, terrestrial surveys, monitoring and surveying of Ancient Semi Natural Woodland (ASNW), monitoring and surveying of Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites(PAWS), and Herbivore Impact Assessments (HIA).. 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.
Renewal: With the option to extend for two further 12 month periods
North Region- Tree Health SurveysTree Health, including Dothistroma Needle Blight (DNB), Surveys for the North Region of FLS. 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.
Renewal: With the option to extend for two further 12 month periods
East Region- Tree Health SurveysTree Health, including Dothistroma Needle Blight (DNB), Surveys for the East Region of FLS. 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.
Renewal: With the option to extend for two further 12 month periods
Central Region- Tree Health SurveysTree Health, including Dothistroma Needle Blight (DNB), Surveys for the Central Region of FLS. 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.
Renewal: With the option to extend for two further 12 month periods
South- Tree Health SurveysTree Health, including Dothistroma Needle Blight (DNB), Surveys for the South Region of FLS. 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.
Renewal: With the option to extend for two further 12 month periods
West Region- Tree Health SurveysTree Health, including Dothistroma Needle Blight (DNB), Surveys for the West Region of FLS. 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.
Renewal: With the option to extend for two further 12 month periods
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000612674
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC434526
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
71355000 - Surveying services
77000000 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
77300000 - Horticultural services
79311000 - Survey services
79311200 - Survey conduction services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,505,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,505,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,165,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Dec 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 9 Jun 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 30 Mar 2020Expired
- Award Date
- 30 Nov 20214 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Approximately 6 months before the expiry (including extensions) of the contracts awarded against this tender
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Unsuccessful
- 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, TLM5 North Eastern Scotland, TLM50 Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire, TLM6 Highlands and Islands, TLM63 Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh, Arran and Cumbrae, and Argyll and Bute, TLM7 Eastern Scotland, TLM9 Southern Scotland
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- Local Authority
- Highland
- Electoral Ward
- Inverness West
- Westminster Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=FEB379193&idx=2
3rd February 2020 - Please complete this market engagement questionnaire and send to procurement by 14/02/2020 -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=FEB379193&idx=1
3rd February 2020 - Map of Forest Regions -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB379193
Ecological Surveys for Forestry and Land Scotland - Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has a requirement to procure a number of ecological surveys to meet our requirement to manage the national forest estate. The survey requirements were previously met by numerous suppliers through the following contractual relationships; Framework Reference: FESH01- Open Habitat Surveys Framework Reference: FW0015- Ecological Support on Forest Estate Framework Reference: FW0016- Dothistroma Needle Blight and Tree health Surveys Survey requirements procured through these Frameworks include; Pre-operational Surveys: surveying an area programmed for forestry or other management in order to identify ecological constraints that will need to be considered by FLS when planning the proposed management; Terrestrial and Aquatic species and habitats surveys; surveys for conservation management purposes and will generally aim to map the presence or absence, or distribution, or abundance of single species or a suite of species, or the habitat of these species. The provision of conservation management advice for species and habitats is another aspect of this work type. This may be requested as a follow-on from survey work, or as a free-standing piece of work. Vascular plant, bryophyte, lichen, and fungi surveys: for conservation management purposes and for pre-operational purposes as detailed above; Ancient semi-natural woodland (ASNW) & Plantation on Ancient Woodland Site (PAWS) condition assessments together with Herbivore Impact Assessments (HIA): Monitoring will be required to assess the condition of ancient Woodland Sites and other semi-natural woodlands; Tree Health Surveys: analysis and recording of tree health including mortality assessments, needle retention assessments, and looking for signs of specific diseases including Dothistroma Needle Blight, Chalara, Peri and any new strains of tree diseases that may be deemed a threat to the national forest estate (Scotland); and Surveys of UK BAP Priority Habitats: Utilising FLS survey method to record habitats on the national forest estate( Scotland). -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR413421
Ecological Surveys for Forestry and Land Scotland - Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has a requirement to procure a number of ecological surveys as part of the process of managing the national forest estate. Surveys requirements are varied, with multiple survey types being required and survey provision to be carried over a wide range of locations throughout Scotland. The delivery of survey services are often in peak times during the Spring and Summer season however some are required year round. The survey requirements were previously met by numerous suppliers through the following contractual relationships; Framework Reference: FESH01- Open Habitat Surveys Framework Reference: FW0015- Ecological Support on Forest Estate Framework Reference: FW0016- Dothistroma Needle Blight and Tree health Surveys -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC434526
Ecological Surveys for Forestry and Land Scotland - Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has a requirement to procure a number of ecological surveys as part of the process of managing the national forest estate. Surveys requirements are varied, with multiple survey types being required and survey provision to be carried over a wide range of locations throughout Scotland. The delivery of survey services are often in peak times during the Spring and Summer season however some are required year round. The survey requirements were previously met by numerous suppliers through the following contractual relationships; Framework Reference: FESH01- Open Habitat Surveys Framework Reference: FW0015- Ecological Support on Forest Estate Framework Reference: FW0016- Dothistroma Needle Blight and Tree health Surveys
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