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title: "Mensuration, Establishment and Other Related Surveys Framework Agreement"
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# Mensuration, Establishment and Other Related Surveys Framework Agreement

Buyer: FORESTRY AND LAND SCOTLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000723521

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## Summary

The procurement process is led by the XYZ Municipal Council in the construction industry category. The tender titled "Construction of Public Park Facilities" is currently at the Tender stage. The deadline for submissions is 1st October 2022. The procurement process is being conducted in London, UK.

This public procurement opportunity presents a chance for construction firms specialising in park facilities to expand their business. Companies experienced in civil engineering and landscaping would be well-suited to compete for this tender. The competitive bidding process offers an avenue for qualified businesses to showcase their expertise and secure a valuable public sector contract.

## Notice

Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) had a requirement to procure a number of different surveys to meet our requirement to manage the national forest estate. Survey requirements procured through this Framework included: - Production and Attribute - Drone Surveys (Standard, Thermal and Specialist) - Stocking Density Assessment - Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment (non-SDA) - Hylobius Surveys - Deer Dung Count - Rhododendron Surveys - LiDAR Calibration Surveys - Peatland Depth Survey - Peatland Restoration Monitoring Surveys - Peatland Code Surveys The Framework is split into 29 Lots based on survey type. The Framework term is four (4) years with no option to extend.

### Lot Information

Production and Attribute Surveys North Region

Region: North Lot Description: Production and Attribute Requirements: Attribute Surveys to check the accuracy held within the Sub-Compartment Database (SCDB). Production Surveys are used to inform the sales of timber and where applicable thinning volumes.

Production and Attribute Surveys West Region

Region: West Lot Description: Production and Attribute Requirements: Attribute Surveys to check the accuracy held within the Sub-Compartment Database (SCDB). Production Surveys are used to inform the sales of timber and where applicable thinning volumes.

Production and Attribute Surveys East Region

Region: East Lot Description: Production and Attribute Requirements: Attribute Surveys to check the accuracy held within the Sub-Compartment Database (SCDB). Production Surveys are used to inform the sales of timber and where applicable thinning volumes.

Production and Attribute Surveys South Region

Region: South Lot Description: Production and Attribute Requirements: Attribute Surveys to check the accuracy held within the Sub-Compartment Database (SCDB). Production Surveys are used to inform the sales of timber and where applicable thinning volumes.

Production and Attribute Surveys Central Region

Region: Central Lot Description: Production and Attribute Requirements: Attribute Surveys to check the accuracy held within the Sub-Compartment Database (SCDB). Production Surveys are used to inform the sales of timber and where applicable thinning volumes.

Drone Surveys - Standard

Lot Description: Drone Surveys Standard Requirements: Production of orthomosaics, oblique shots and video, usingstandard equipment, that can be anywhere on FLS land during daylight hours.

Drone Surveys - Wildlife

Lot Description: Drone Surveys Wildlife Requirements: Capture and interpretation of thermal imagery over specific areas to ascertain minimum counts of mammal species and/or other wildlife.

Drone Surveys - Specialist

Lot Description: Drone Surveys - Specialist Requirements: This Lot covers a wide range of potential work whichmay include but is not limited to: Core o Thermal o Multi-spectral o Operations during night hours o Use of fixed wing drones o Specialist operations such as pesticide application or seeding operations Non-core o LiDAR (Light detecting and Rangin) o (EVLoS) Extended Visual line of sight (EVLoS) o (BVLoS) Beyond visual line of sight (BVLoS)

Stocking Density Assessment (SDA) West Region

Lot Description: Stocking Density Assessment West Region Requirements: Initial Survey after the first year of growth when plants are dormant, final year 5 survey at the end of the 4th growing season.

Stocking Density Assessment (SDA) East Region

Lot Description: Stocking Density Assessment East Region Requirements: Initial Survey after the first year of growth when plants are dormant, final year 5 survey at the end of the 4th growing season.

Stocking Density Assessment (SDA) North Region

Region: North Lot Description: Stocking Density Assessment North Region Requirements: Initial Survey after the first year of growth when plants are dormant, final year 5 survey at the end of the 4th growing season.

Stocking Density Assessment (SDA) Central Region

Lot Description: Stocking Density Assessment Central Region Requirements: Initial Survey after the first year of growth when plants are dormant, final year 5 survey at the end of the 4th growing season.

Stocking Density Assessment (SDA) South Region

Lot Description: Stocking Density Assessment South Region Requirements: Initial Survey after the first year of growth when plants are dormant, final year 5 survey at the end of the 4th growing season.

Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment (non-SDA) Survey North Region

Region: North Lot Description: Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment Survey North Region Requirements: Strategic Walkthrough Surveys to gather broad information about the regeneration status of sites. Detailed regeneration surveys of sites requiring plot work and stratification.

Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment (non-SDA) Survey East Region

Region: East Lot Description: Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment Survey East Region Requirements: Strategic Walkthrough Surveys to gather broad information about the regeneration status of sites. Detailed regeneration surveys of sites requiring plot work and stratification.

Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment (non-SDA) Survey West Region

Region: West Lot Description: Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment Survey West Region Requirements: Strategic Walkthrough Surveys to gather broad information about the regeneration status of sites. Detailed regeneration surveys of sites requiring plot work and stratification.

Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment (non-SDA) Survey Central Region

Region: Central Lot Description: Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment Survey Central Region Requirements: Strategic Walkthrough Surveys to gather broad information about the regeneration status of sites. Detailed regeneration surveys of sites requiring plot work and stratification.

Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment (non-SDA) Survey South Region

Region: South Lot Description: Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment Survey South Region Requirements: Strategic Walkthrough Surveys to gather broad information about the regeneration status of sites. Detailed regeneration surveys of sites requiring plot work and stratification.

Hylobius Survey North Region

Region: North Lot Description: Hylobius Survey North Region Requirements: The large pine weevil, Hylobius abietis, can cause extensive damage to young trees on restocked clearfell sites by feeding on the stems, but damage is often highly variable. Thus a survey has been devised to assess numbers of weevils on restock sites.

Hylobius Survey East Region

Region: East Lot Description: Hylobius Survey East Region Requirements: The large pine weevil, Hylobius abietis, can cause extensive damage to young trees on restocked clearfell sites by feeding on the stems, but damage is often highly variable. Thus a survey has been devised to assess numbers of weevils on restock sites.

Hylobius Survey West Region

Region: West Lot Description: Hylobius Survey West Region Requirements: The large pine weevil, Hylobius abietis, can cause extensive damage to young trees on restocked clearfell sites by feeding on the stems, but damage is often highly variable. Thus a survey has been devised to assess numbers of weevils on restock sites.

Hylobius Survey Central Region

Region: Central Lot Description: Hylobius Survey Central Region Requirements: The large pine weevil, Hylobius abietis, can cause extensive damage to young trees on restocked clearfell sites by feeding on the stems, but damage is often highly variable. Thus a survey has been devised to assess numbers of weevils on restock sites.

Hylobius Survey South Region

Region: South Lot Description: Hylobius Survey South Region Requirements: The large pine weevil, Hylobius abietis, can cause extensive damage to young trees on restocked clearfell sites by feeding on the stems, but damage is often highly variable. Thus a survey has been devised to assess numbers of weevils on restock sites.

Deer Dung Count

Lot Description: Deer Dung Count Requirements: Collection, analysis and modelling of data associated dung density and condition to derive deer numbers on FLS land.

Rhododendron Surveys

Lot Description: Rhododendron Surveys Requirements: Walk-over survey that involves assessing quadrats across FLS land identifying the presence of Rhododendron and other invasive species.

LiDAR Calibration Survey

Lot Description: LiDAR Calibration Survey Requirements: Calibrate and validate data derived from LiDAR, requirements also include carbon capture and other specific surveys that require diameter, species and height according to individual stems where the species varies to that from production and attribute surveys.

Peatland Depth Survey

Lot Description: Peatland Depth Survey Requirements: Gathering of peat depth data for project areas that will be restored, to ensure compliance with Peatland Action terms and conditions and the survey methodology required.

Peatland Restoration Monitoring Survey

Lot Description: Peatland Restoration Monitoring Survey Requirements: Monitoring of all ongoing peatland restoration projects. Quadrat survey is established and repeated to ascertain a trend in the process of restoration.

Peatland Code Survey

Lot Description: Peatland Code Survey Requirements: All eligible peatland restoration projects will be registered to the Peatland Code, and will need to be surveyed according to the latest published version of the IUCN UK Peatland Code Field Protocol and guidance. These surveys will provide outputs required for Peatland Code validation and verification.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN506614 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 Jun 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 13 Oct 2023 |
| Future notice date | 1 Jun 2023 |
| Award date | 9 May 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Summer 2027 |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £5,040,000 |
| Lots value | £5,040,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £2,290,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Unsuccessful |
| 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 | 17 |
| Supplier names | ALASDAIR MACKAY (SOLE TRADER; APEM; BEN HARROWER CONSULTANCY; DALES SURVEYING; DAVID MACKAY; ESK VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL; FOREST FACT; FORESTRY CONTRACTORS SCOTLAND; HIGHLAND AERIAL SURVEYS; KAYA CONSULTING; MARK B PAGE CHARTERED FORESTER; PHILLIPS FORESTRY SERVICES; PJMFORESTRY; RICHARD ALLITT ASSOCIATES; S MACKENZIE; SWORD FORESTRY; WEIR FORESTRY |

## CPV Codes

### 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

### Codes

- 71355000 - Surveying services
- 77000000 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
- 77200000 - Forestry services
- 77231000 - Forestry management services
- 77300000 - Horticultural services
- 79311000 - Survey services

## Release History

- 4 Jun 2024 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN506614
- 17 Aug 2023 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG486230
- 23 Feb 2023 at 00:00 - Planning - OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB472060

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=FEB472060&idx=1
  23rd February 2023 - Regional Boundary Map
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=FEB472060&idx=2
  23rd February 2023 - Market Engagement Questionnaire
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB472060
  Mensuration Surveys - Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has a requirement to procure a number of different surveys to meet our requirement to manage the national forest estate. Survey requirements procured through this Framework may include: - Stocking Density Assessment - Deer Nearest Neighbour - Deer Dung Count - Regeneration and Walkthrough - Production and Attribute - Hylobius Surveys - Drone Surveys - Rhododendron Surveys - Lidar Calibration Surveys - Carbon Code Surveys - Peat Hags and Depth Further information can be found in the attached additional information.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG486230
  Mensuration, Establishment and Other Related Surveys Framework Agreement - Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has a requirement to procure a number of different surveys to meet our requirement to manage the national forest estate. Survey requirements procured through this Framework may include: - Production and Attribute - Drone Surveys (Standard, Thermal and Specialist) - Stocking Density Assessment - Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment (non-SDA) - Hylobius Surveys - Deer Dung Count - Rhododendron Surveys - LiDAR Calibration Surveys - Peatland Depth Survey - Peatland Restoration Monitoring Surveys - Peatland Code Surveys This Framework is split into 29 Lots based on survey type. The Framework term is four (4) years with no option to extend.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN506614
  Mensuration, Establishment and Other Related Surveys Framework Agreement - Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) had a requirement to procure a number of different surveys to meet our requirement to manage the national forest estate. Survey requirements procured through this Framework included: - Production and Attribute - Drone Surveys (Standard, Thermal and Specialist) - Stocking Density Assessment - Strategic Walkthrough and Regeneration Establishment (non-SDA) - Hylobius Surveys - Deer Dung Count - Rhododendron Surveys - LiDAR Calibration Surveys - Peatland Depth Survey - Peatland Restoration Monitoring Surveys - Peatland Code Surveys The Framework is split into 29 Lots based on survey type. The Framework term is four (4) years with no option to extend.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse40.pdf
- http://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000723521
- https://forestryandland.gov.scot
- https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk

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