Planning

Lone/Hazardous Worker Safety System

  • Forestry and Land Scotland
  • Scottish Forestry

F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-001556

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-028d6a

Published 26 January 2021, 3:40pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Forestry and Land Scotland

1 Highlander Way, Inverness Retail Park

Inverness

IV2 7GB

Email

procuremenet@forestryandland.gov.scot

Telephone

+44 3000676000

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKM - SCOTLAND

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://forestryandland.gov.scot

Buyer's address

https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA30371

one.1) Name and addresses

Scottish Forestry

Silvan House, 231 Corstorphine Road

Edinburgh

EH12 7AT

Email

procurement@forestryandland.gov.scot

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKM - SCOTLAND

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://forestry.gov.scot/

Buyer's address

https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA30372

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

one.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Environment


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Lone/Hazardous Worker Safety System

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 71317200 - Health and safety services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Forestry and Land Scotland and Scottish Forestry would like to explore options for the provision of a Lone/Hazardous Worker Safety System. We are looking to procure a system which is fully compliant with BS8484 and which involves both an Alarm Receiving Centre and GPS Tracking via SEND Devices. For further information please see PIN Overview of Requirements.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £1,000,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKM - SCOTLAND

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Forestry and Land Scotland and Scottish Forestry would like to explore options for the provision of a Lone/Hazardous Worker Safety System. We are looking to procure a system which is fully compliant with BS8484 and which involves both an Alarm Receiving Centre and GPS Tracking via SEND Devices. For further information please see PIN Overview of Requirements.

two.2.14) Additional information

Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is the lead in the market engagement and separate information is not required for SF. However FLS will

share information provided to them with SF to enable the organisation to make a decision as to their involvement in the future tender and

how to meet their requirements. Please see attached document for further details on this relationship.

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

15 September 2021


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

The publication of this PIN will be used to undertake preliminary market consultation and inform the market of Forestry and Land

Scotland’s (FLS) and Scottish Forestry (SF) consideration to procure a Lone/Hazardous Safety System and to inform the future procurement strategy for this requirements. This PIN notice is not a call for competition and will not be used for the evaluation of suppliers; this is for information and market engagement only.

FLS is the lead organisation on this project. We will respond to all questions from suppliers and share information with SF.

We encourages supplier to register interest on this notice to receive updates on market engagement opportunities, and ask interested

parties to read the information in the documents attached and provide the information requested.

FLS may utilise the responses to the questionnaire to facilitate further market engagement

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=642131.

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