Scope
Reference
FCCN004560
Description
Forestry England will be tendering for a supply contract for four hundred (400) Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) units with Full Spectrum Ultrasonic and Audible monitoring capability.
This is to provide biodiversity data as part of the monitoring programme across our suite of Wild Area project sites. This will inform progress towards our nature recovery objectives and our management planning.
The wild area project sites are large and remote with difficult terrain. So the PAM units to be autonomous, accurate, robust and low maintenance, with a high power source and data storage capacity to facilitate long recording periods with minimum maintenance and data downloading requirements during the spring and summer monitoring periods.
We aim to go out to tender for this requirement towards the end of January 2026.
To register your interest in this requirement, please contact commercial.services@forestryengland.uk and mark your email for the attention of Sam Harris
Total value (estimated)
- £311,000 excluding VAT
- £373,200 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 13 March 2026 to 30 April 2026
- 1 month, 19 days
Main procurement category
Goods
CPV classifications
- 31640000 - Machines and apparatus with individual functions
Engagement
Engagement deadline
23 January 2026
Engagement process description
To inform the market of the requirement and to understand interest in this opportunity.
Participation
Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
- Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Submission
Publication date of tender notice (estimated)
23 January 2026
Contracting authority
Forestry Commission
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PLRM-7846-HGLG
620 Bristol Business Park
Bristol
BS16 1EJ
United Kingdom
Region: UKK12 - Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government