Tender

Passive Acoustic Monitoring Equipment

  • Forestry Commission

UK4: Tender notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-006784

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-060431 (view related notices)

Published 26 January 2026, 3:53pm

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.

Total value (estimated)

  • £341,000 excluding VAT
  • £409,200 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 6 March 2026 to 30 April 2026
  • 1 month, 26 days

Main procurement category

Goods

CPV classifications

  • 31640000 - Machines and apparatus with individual functions

Participation

Particular suitability

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
  • Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Submission

Enquiry deadline

12 February 2026, 5:00pm

Tender submission deadline

26 February 2026, 12:00pm

Submission address and any special instructions

https://app.panacea-software.com/ForestryCommission/eRFX-Suppliers/Open.aspx?requirementId=b76fd353-5376-43a2-8a04-37b8020c1c39

Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes

Languages that may be used for submission

English

Award decision date (estimated)

6 March 2026

Award criteria

This table contains award criteria for this lot
Name Type Weighting
Price Price 50%
Operational Efficiency Quality 15%
Product Robustness Quality 10%
Product Support Quality 10%
Social Value Quality 10%
Order Completion Quality 5%

Other information

Applicable trade agreements

  • Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes

Procedure

Procedure type

Open procedure

Contracting authority

Forestry Commission

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PLRM-7846-HGLG

620 Bristol Business Park

Bristol

BS16 1EJ

United Kingdom

Contact name: Sam Harris

Telephone: 0300 067 4000

Email: commercial.services@forestryengland.uk

Region: UKK12 - Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government