Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Etive House, Beechwood Partk
Inverness
IV2 3BW
UK
Telephone: +44 1641571225
E-mail: central.procurement@rspb.org.uk
NUTS: UKM61
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.rspb.org.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA16345
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Charity
I.5) Main activity
Environment
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Timber Harvesting
II.1.2) Main CPV code
77200000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The works relate to forestry operations within RSPB’s Dyke plantation and are shown on the associated maps. The work itself forms part of the 5 year “Flows to the Future” project which is being run by the Peatland Partnership.
The primary drivers of this work relate to the blocks forming part of the RSPB Forsinard Flows Nature Reserve and to the need to:
— restore specific areas of open blanket bog and associated habitats from recent forestry on deep peat soils which will help government meet habitat restoration targets and deliver for Scotland’s National Peatland Plan,
— protect the massive carbon store in the peat soils below the trees,
— mitigate climate change and improve long term water quality,
— remove damaging forest ‘edge effects’ on birds and habitats of the adjacent EU designated Natura sites.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
491 780.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM61
Main site or place of performance:
Forsinard
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The works form part of a continuing programme of targeted forest to bog restoration which has been carried out at Forsinard by RSPB since 1997 with the long term aim of restoring the blanket bogs of the Flows back to their pre-1970 naturally treeless state. Areas of forestry within the Flows which lie off deep peat soils and which are not exerting negative edge effects on the important habitat areas are likely to continue as woodlands. Areas which are damaging, such as those forming part of this application, need to be removed as soon as practical to minimise progressive damage to deep peat soils, natural vegetation, aquatic environments, roads networks and to maximise the speed of habitat and carbon store/sequestration recovery. There is a large area of even aged forestry in this area of the flows and phasing felling/age restructuring of it requires that some areas are felled ahead of maturity/windblow danger. Felling blocks such as these ahead of full rotation will provide timber to support new local processing facilities being developed and to even out the supply of timber and prevent future gluts.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Effective Habitat Restoration
/ Weighting: 30
Quality criterion: Environmental Impact and Protection
/ Weighting: 30
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 115-261770
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
15/08/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Tilhill Forestry
43 Clachnaharry Rd
Inverness
IV3 8RA
UK
Telephone: +44 1463234633
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
RTS Ltd
Earnside House, Muthill Road
Crieff
PH7 4DH
UK
Telephone: +44 7527115918
NUTS: UKM77
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 491 780.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:562675)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
NI Headquarters, Belvoir Park Forest
Belfast
BT8 7QT
UK
Telephone: +44 2890699090
Internet address(es)
URL: www.rspb.org.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
31/10/2018