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title: "Cell Growing Machinery for Newton Nursery Redevelopment"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-046dde"
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buyer: "FORESTRY AND LAND SCOTLAND"
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# Cell Growing Machinery for Newton Nursery Redevelopment

Buyer: FORESTRY AND LAND SCOTLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-046dde

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## Summary

Forestry and Land Scotland initiated a tender for the procurement of cell growing machinery as part of the Newton Nursery Redevelopment project. The main procurement category is goods, focusing on specialist agricultural or forestry machinery. The tender, now at the award stage, involved the cancellation of one lot due to specific criteria. Key dates include the award date of 18th June 2024. The buying organisation, Forestry and Land Scotland, located in Inverness, was the contracting authority for this procurement process.

This tender presents growth opportunities for businesses specializing in agricultural or forestry machinery. The procurement method, a limited award procedure without prior publication, aimed to address a particular economic operator's unique offer of machinery and services necessary for the project. Businesses capable of delivering the listed machinery and equipment, along with aftersales training, were well-suited to compete. Understanding the specific technical requirements outlined in the tender was crucial for potential suppliers, as the machinery contract needed to be purchased from a single supplier to avoid technical issues. Björkemar Construction & Consulting (BCC AB) emerged as the successful supplier, demonstrating expertise in meeting the project's needs.

## Notice

FLS is currently constructing a 12000square metre glasshouse, with the intention of growing up to 4 million cell grown trees per year. To ensure delivery of this project we require the following items: - Seed cleaning and gravity sorting equipment - Root Growth Capacity analysis table - Washing, Filling & Seeding Line - Mini Plug Transplanting Line - Packing Line - semi-automated bare-root grading line - BCC 360T, Mini plug trays. qty. 8000 - BCC 64 SS, Finished size growing tray. qty. 25000 - BCC 81 SS, Finished size growing tray qty. 34000 - Delivery and Installation of listed machinery and equipment - 3 years servicing and maintenance of listed machinery and equipment - Education / Training of approximately 15 personnel to use listed machinery safely.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

FLS is currently constructing a 12000square metre glasshouse, with the intention of growing up to 4 million cell grown trees per year. To ensure delivery of this project we require - Seed cleaning and gravity sorting equipment - Root Growth Capacity analysis table - Washing, Filling & Seeding Line - Mini Plug Transplanting Line - Packing Line - semi-automated bare-root grading line - BCC 360T, Mini plug trays. qty. 8000 - BCC 64 SS, Finished size growing tray. qty. 25000 - BCC 81 SS, Finished size growing tray qty. 34000 - Delivery and Installation of listed machinery and equipment - 3 years servicing and maintenance of listed machinery and equipment - Education / Training of approximately 15 personnel to use listed machinery safely.

### Procurement Information

Market research identified BCC AB as the only supplier capable of delivering all machinery, equipment and aftersales training services required by Newton Nursery in a single contract. Additionally, Forestry England have recently conducted an open tender activity for extremely similar equipment, and have provided confirmation that they only received one viable bid, which was from BCC.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020277-2024 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 3 Jul 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 27 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 | £1,849,650 |

## 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 | BJÖRKEMAR CONSTRUCTION & CONSULTING (BCC |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 03 - Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
- 16 - Agricultural machinery

### Codes

- 03450000 - Tree-nursery products
- 16600000 - Specialist agricultural or forestry machinery
- 16820000 - Parts of forestry machinery

## Release History

- 3 Jul 2024 at 12:04 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020277-2024
- 6 Jun 2024 at 09:08 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017553-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000767730
- https://forestryandland.gov.scot
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA30371

## Provenance

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