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title: "Award of call-off contracts - Planting DPS North Region (South)"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000844587"
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# Award of call-off contracts - Planting DPS North Region (South)

Buyer: Forestry and Land Scotland  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000844587

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566193 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,419,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Forestry and Land Scotland |
| Locality | INVERNESS |
| Postcode area | 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 | 4 |
| Supplier names | Fyfe forestry ltd; Terras Forestry Company Limited; BUKA FORESTRY LTD; Ingrid Tomlinson |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 77200000 - Forestry services
- 77300000 - Horticultural services

## Release History

- 7 Oct 2026 at 01:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566193

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566193
  Award of call-off contracts - Planting DPS North Region (South) - 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.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.forestryandland.gov.scot
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000844587

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