Section one: Contracting authority
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.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
Soil Surveys
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79311000 - Survey services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has a requirement to procure a number of soil surveys to meet our requirement to manage the national forest estate.
Survey requirements procured through this Framework include;
- Site/soil surveys of afforested, clear felled, open land and ex-agricultural land.
- Recording the site/soil patterns and associated specific data, using the FC soil classification.
- Mapping Soil Polygons and associated linear and point data in a digital format.
- Delivering all data outputs from the survey, as specific format GIS themes (currently a bespoke version of GIS Forester), together with associated attribute tables.
- Producing written reports for each site
- Bespoke type of soil survey e.g. Detailed mapping of peatland types in a mosaic and peat depth probing
- Assessment of newly acquired land including possibly reclaimed land such as old mine works
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £1,100,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
To be confirmed
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79311000 - Survey services
- 71355000 - Surveying services
- 79311200 - Survey conduction services
- 77000000 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
- 77300000 - Horticultural services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKM - Scotland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This PIN notice is for market engagement only. The decision about lotting structure has not been made and the information gathered
from the market engagement will assist with this decision. At this time we know there will be lotting, however we do not know how many
lots or what will be separated into lots.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
To be confirmed
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79311000 - Survey services
- 71355000 - Surveying services
- 79311200 - Survey conduction services
- 77000000 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
- 77300000 - Horticultural services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKM - Scotland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This PIN notice is for market engagement only. The decision about lotting structure has not been made and the information gathered from the market engagement will assist with this decision. At this time we know there will be lotting, however we do not know how many lots or what will be separated into lots.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
8 February 2022
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 aims to inform the market of Forestry and Land Scotland's requirement for soil surveys. This PIN and the information gathered through it will be used to inform the future procurement strategy for this requirement.
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.
We encourage suppliers 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 by 17:00 on the 10th December 2021.
FLS may utilise the responses to the questionnaire to facilitate further market engagement.
The decision about lotting structure has not yet been made and the information gathered from this market engagement will assist with this decision.
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=674290.
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