---
title: "UKWAS Auditing Service 2024-29"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03eec5"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "FORESTRY AND LAND SCOTLAND"
published: "2024-06-04"
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# UKWAS Auditing Service 2024-29

Buyer: FORESTRY AND LAND SCOTLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03eec5

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## Summary

Forestry and Land Scotland awarded a contract for UKWAS Auditing Service 2024-29 to Soil Association Certification Ltd on 4th June 2024. The procurement stage was the award, and the contract value amounted to £147,180. The service falls under the CPV category of auditing services and was procured through a Limited procurement method without prior publication of a call for competition. The buyer organisation, Forestry and Land Scotland, is located in Inverness, United Kingdom. The auditing service involved certification body services for auditing and surveillance of organisational policies against the UK Woodland Assurance Standard.

This tender provides business growth opportunities for auditing service providers specialising in environmental auditing within the forestry sector. Companies with expertise in certification body services aligned with the Forest Stewardship Council and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification standards would be suitable competitors. The procurement method was a negotiated procedure without prior publication due to the specialist requirements of the service. Businesses focusing on sustainability and environmental protection are well-suited to compete for similar contracts in the future.

## Notice

Certification body services for auditing and and surveillance of organisational policies, procedures and practices against the current UK Woodland Assurance Standard (UKWAS). As UKWAS meets both of the forest management certification schemes: the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC).

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Certification body services for auditing and and surveillance of organisational policies, procedures and practices against the current UK Woodland Assurance Standard (UKWAS). As UKWAS meets both of the forest management certification schemes: the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC).

### Procurement Information

This 'Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication' meets the requirements of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015; Regulation 33(1)(b)(ii) as there is only one supplier who can deliver auditing to achieve the particular specialist dual accreditations that Forestry and Land Scotland require.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017249-2024 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Planning, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 Jun 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 15 Nov 2023 |
| Award date | 1 May 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £147,180 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | FORESTRY AND LAND SCOTLAND |
| Locality | INVERNESS |
| Post town | Inverness |
| Postcode | IV3 8NW |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM2 Highlands and Islands |
| ITL 3 | TLM20 Highlands and Islands |
| Local authority | Highland |
| Electoral ward | Inverness West |
| Westminster constituency | Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SOIL ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATION |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79212000 - Auditing services

## Release History

- 4 Jun 2024 at 09:51 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017249-2024
- 14 May 2024 at 11:50 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015302-2024
- 10 Aug 2023 at 14:37 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023442-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000765604
- https://forestryandland.gov.scot
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA30371
- https://www.soilassociation.org/

## Provenance

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