Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Forestry and Land Scotland
Great Glen House, Leachkin Road
Inverness
IV3 8NW
procurement@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.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal Agency/Office
one.5) Main activity
Environment
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Cell Growing Machinery for Newton Nursery Redevelopment
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 16600000 - Specialist agricultural or forestry machinery
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
FLS is currently constructing a 12000square metre glasshouse, with the intention of growing up to 4 million cell grown trees per year.
To ensure delivery of this project we require the following items:
- Seed cleaning and gravity sorting equipment
- Root Growth Capacity analysis table
- Washing, Filling & Seeding Line
- Mini Plug Transplanting Line
- Packing Line
- semi-automated bare-root grading line
- BCC 360T, Mini plug trays. qty. 8000
- BCC 64 SS, Finished size growing tray. qty. 25000
- BCC 81 SS, Finished size growing tray qty. 34000
- Delivery and Installation of listed machinery and equipment
- 3 years servicing and maintenance of listed machinery and equipment
- Education / Training of approximately 15 personnel to use listed machinery safely.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £1,849,650
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 16600000 - Specialist agricultural or forestry machinery
- 16820000 - Parts of forestry machinery
- 03450000 - Tree-nursery products
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKM - Scotland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
FLS is currently constructing a 12000square metre glasshouse, with the intention of growing up to 4 million cell grown trees per year.
To ensure delivery of this project we require
- Seed cleaning and gravity sorting equipment
- Root Growth Capacity analysis table
- Washing, Filling & Seeding Line
- Mini Plug Transplanting Line
- Packing Line
- semi-automated bare-root grading line
- BCC 360T, Mini plug trays. qty. 8000
- BCC 64 SS, Finished size growing tray. qty. 25000
- BCC 81 SS, Finished size growing tray qty. 34000
- Delivery and Installation of listed machinery and equipment
- 3 years servicing and maintenance of listed machinery and equipment
- Education / Training of approximately 15 personnel to use listed machinery safely.
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated without a prior call for competition
- The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
Market research identified BCC AB as the only supplier capable of delivering all machinery, equipment and aftersales training services required by Newton Nursery in a single contract. Additionally, Forestry England have recently conducted an open tender activity for extremely similar equipment, and have provided confirmation that they only received one viable bid, which was from BCC.
The mini plug seed trays that are part of the suite of machinery were specifically designed by Forest Enterprise England for their cell growing needs and these are not available elsewhere.
Additional requirements:
The entire machinery contract must be purchased from the same supplier as multiple suppliers risk purchases having different technical characteristics, resulting in unacceptable risk of incompatibility or disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section five. Award of contract/concession
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28 May 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Björkemar Construction & Consulting (BCC AB)
Profilgatan 15
Landskrona
261 35
Telephone
+46 705350962
Country
Sweden
NUTS code
- SE224 - Skåne län
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £1,849,650
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:767730)
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The Inverness Justice Centre
Longman Road
Inverness
IV1 1AH
Telephone
+44 1463230782
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 , may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
Court of Session
Parliament House
Parliament Square
Edinburgh
EH1 1RQ
0131 225 2595