Scope
Description
Purchase of a 3D Xray scanner which can be used to analyse seed quality and 3D laser seed sorting machine, which can be used to optically grade and sort seeds
Contract 1
Supplier
Contract value
- 1247000 EUR excluding VAT
- 1496400 EUR including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Earliest date the contract will be signed
18 August 2025
Contract dates (estimated)
- 26 August 2025 to 25 August 2026
- 1 year
Main procurement category
Goods
CPV classifications
- 03000000 - Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
- 16000000 - Agricultural machinery
Contract locations
- UKC - North East (England)
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
- UKH - East of England
- UKI - London
- UKJ - South East (England)
- UKK - South West (England)
Other information
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Direct award
Direct award justification
Single supplier - intellectual property or exclusive rights
Absence of viable alternatives due to highly specialized, integrated nature of this requirement.
No other supplier offers a ready-to-deploy ecosystem combining 3D phenotyping and direct trait-based sorting.
No other supplier offers the necessary algorithms to operate such technologies, especially for forestry seeds.
Off-the-shelf components or manual integration approaches do not meet performance, calibration, or regulatory requirements.
Functional interoperability between imaging and sorting modules is unique to this system and cannot be externally replicated.
Supplier
PhenoKey B.V.
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PGTQ-4635-TGMN
Vreeburghlaan 2
's-Gravenzande
2691AC
Netherlands
Email: b.vaneerdt@phenokey.com
Website: http://www.phenokey.com
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Contract 1
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