Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Forestry and Land Scotland
Great Glen House, Leachkin Road
Inverness
IV3 8NW
UK
Telephone: +44 3000676000
E-mail: procurement@forestryandland.gov.scot
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://forestryandland.gov.scot
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA30371
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Environment
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Mechanised Ground Preparation Operations
Reference number: FLS-147-C
II.1.2) Main CPV code
77300000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Forestry & Land Scotland (THE PURCHASER) undertakes ground preparation on Scotland’s National Forest and Land (SNFL) to establish new tree crops, maintaining the volume of timber brought to market and enabling woodland creation.
The aim of this contract is to provide ground preparation and mechanised establishment and tending services to a high quality, in a safe, sustainable and cost effective manner.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 086 714.30
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 17
II.2.1) Title
Mull
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
77200000
77300000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
Main site or place of performance:
West Region - Mull
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Forestry & Land Scotland (THE PURCHASER) undertakes ground preparation on Scotland’s National Forest and Land (SNFL) to establish new tree crops, maintaining the volume of timber brought to market and enabling woodland creation.
The aim of this contract is to provide ground preparation and mechanised establishment and tending services to a high quality, in a safe, sustainable and cost effective manner.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Methodology
/ Weighting: 12.5
Quality criterion: Water Management
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Training Competency
/ Weighting: 7.5
Quality criterion: Service Quality
/ Weighting: 7.5
Quality criterion: Timescales
/ Weighting: 7.5
Quality criterion: Environmental Impact
/ Weighting: 5
Price
/ Weighting:
50
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:
2023/S 000-024412
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 17
Title: Mull
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
17/04/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
DAB Groundworks Ltd
8 Blaich
Fort William
PH33 7AN
UK
Telephone: +44 7818045231
NUTS: UKM63
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 086 714.30
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Reg 33(1)(a) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 states that a contracting authority may award
through the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice or PIN where:
“no tenders, no suitable tenders, no requests to participate or no suitable requests to participate have been submitted
in response to an open procedure or a restricted procedure, provided that the initial conditions of the contract are not
substantially altered and that a report is sent”
Given that the conditions of Reg 33(1)(a) were satisfied for this lot, this lot is being awarded through the negotiated procedure without prior publication.
(SC Ref:764169)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Inverness Justice Centre
Longman Road
Inverness
IV1 1AH
UK
VI.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.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Court of Session
Parliament House, Parliament Square
Edinburgh
EH1 1RQ
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
23/04/2024