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Award of call-off contracts - Planting DPS North Region (South)

Forestry and Land Scotland

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07 Oct 2026 at 01:00

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Summary of the contracting process

Forestry and Land Scotland bought planting and related forestry services through five call-off contracts under its planting dynamic purchasing system. The work covers planting, replacing failed trees (beat-up planting), planting and fitting protective tubes, topping up insecticide spraying, hand fertilising, and general estate and conservation work. The five geographic lots were Strathspey and South Loch Ness, Central, Inverness, Strathgarve and the West, all within Forestry and Land Scotland’s North Region (South) service area in Scotland. This is a practical land-management requirement combining tree establishment and ongoing maintenance with wider estate and conservation tasks. Suppliers need to be able to deliver the relevant work across the applicable area; the precise mix varies slightly, with beat-up planting included in all five lot descriptions and planting listed explicitly for four.

The procurement is complete: five call-off contracts have been awarded and signed under the existing Forestry and Land Scotland planting dynamic purchasing system, using an open procedure. Fyfe Forestry Ltd won Strathspey and South Loch Ness for £215,000; Terras Forestry Company Limited won Central for £580,000; BUKA Forestry Ltd won Inverness for £160,000 and Strathgarve for £180,000; Ingrid Tomlinson won the West for £284,000. Each contract was signed on 26 August 2026. The call-offs are for 12 months, with two possible 12-month extensions. Nine bids were recorded for Strathspey and South Loch Ness, seven for Central, six each for Inverness and Strathgarve, and five for the West. The lot descriptions cite statutory exclusion grounds; no evaluation scoring basis is stated.

This award demonstrates recurring demand from Forestry and Land Scotland for planting and forestry-estate services across several areas of its North Region (South). A credible competitor for a future requirement would need the operational capability to plant trees, replace failures, fit planting tubes, apply top-up insecticide spraying, hand fertilise, and undertake general estate and conservation work. Delivery across the relevant geographic area and the ability to resource multiple work types are central to the requirement; the awards went to several suppliers, including small businesses, and one supplier secured two lots. The competition also attracted between five and nine bids per lot, all recorded as SME bids, indicating that smaller forestry businesses have competed for this work. The route was call-off competition through the buyer’s planting dynamic purchasing system.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Award of call-off contracts - Planting DPS North Region (South)

Notice Description

FLS North Region (South) Planting Services - award of 5 call-off contracts from FLS Planting Dynamic Purchasing System FLS-138-D. Call-off contracts are for a 12 month duration with the option to extend on 2 occasions by 12 months.

Lot Information

754 Lot A Strathspey & South Loch Ness

Award of a call-off contract for Planting Services, including: Beat-up Planting Planting and tubing Insecticide Top-up Spraying Hand Fertilising General Estates Work/Conservation Work. 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.

755 Lot B Central

Award of a call-off contract for Planting Services, including: Planting Beat-up Planting Planting and tubing Insecticide Top-up Spraying Hand Fertilising General Estates Work/Conservation Work. 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.

757 Lot D Inverness

Award of a call-off contract for Planting Services, including: Planting Beat-up Planting Planting and tubing Insecticide Top-up Spraying Hand Fertilising General Estates Work / Conservation Work. 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.

758 Lot E Strathgarve

Award of a call-off contract for Planting Services, including: Planting Beat-up Planting Planting and tubing Insecticide Top-up Spraying Hand Fertilising General Estates Work/Conservation Work. 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.

756 Lot C West

Award of a call-off contract for Planting Services, including: Planting Beat-up Planting Planting and tubing Insecticide Top-up Spraying Hand Fertilising General Estates Work/Conservation Work. 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.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000844587
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566193
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Dynamic
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

CPV Codes

77200000 - Forestry services

77300000 - Horticultural services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1,419,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Oct 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Forestry and Land Scotland
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
INVERNESS
Postcode
IV3 8NW
Postcode Area
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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
4
Supplier Names

Fyfe forestry ltd

Terras Forestry Company Limited

BUKA FORESTRY LTD

Ingrid Tomlinson

Further Information

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