Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Forestry
Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive
Edinburgh
EH11 3XD
UK
Telephone: +44 1313705250
E-mail: iain.miller@gov.scot
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA30372
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA30372
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
CivTech 10.6 - How can we use technology to administer, measure and predict the performance in regard to carbon of Woodland Carbon Code and Peatland Code projects more coherently, efficiently and effectively?
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The UK Woodland Carbon Code (WCC) and Peatland Code (PC) are at slightly differing stages of their development, and deal with two very different habitat types. However, they are the two major, government-endorsed and ISO certified voluntary carbon standards within the UK, and both share similar administrative processes that help ensure a robust and auditable carbon credit scheme.
Advances in both technology and project design mean there are opportunities to help drive efficiencies in each scheme, with a view to reducing administrative burden for landowners, brokers, project developers, buyers and the staff running the projects.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 396 300.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
77000000
09112200
24311800
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
Main site or place of performance:
Edinburgh
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
CivTech’s mission is to drive daring and innovation in the public sector by collaboratively solving Challenges that make people’s lives better – and in doing so create generations of sustainable, high growth businesses.
CivTech brings together public sector expertise and private sector innovation to solve real problems, develop new products, and deliver better, faster and easier services for everyone. Central to the approach is co-production with the citizen.
Part of the Scottish Government’s Digital Directorate, CivTech’s approach is helping transform public sector engagement with tech and innovation, delivering significant benefits to public services, producing genuine uplifts for the Scottish economy - and along the way, making lives better.
Across the country there are problems public sector organisations would like to solve and in the current environment the need for smart, efficient and effective products has never been greater. The Scottish Government is aware innovation is a good way to create them and is committed to ensuring a large part of its tech spend goes to smaller, innovative businesses. This is where CivTech comes in.
The CivTech Innovation Flow is designed to create products as quickly and effectively as possible, and uses a true Accelerator model at the heart of its Innovation Flow model. For you – whether you’re an individual, team or company – it’s an opportunity to take on a Challenge, solve it, and win contracts with a blue-chip public sector organisation. You’ll build a product, and a business to take it as far as possible. Because here’s the kicker: the Challenges we issue aren’t ‘single organisation’ problems – most exist worldwide.
In short: Open Challenges are set. Any organisation, team or individual can respond. Applications are assessed, and shortlisted proposals go into an Exploration Stage where they’re developed further [for which participating applicants are paid]. The best go through to the Accelerator – a period of intensive work to create the solution, and through CivTech’s unique business workshop system, a business capable of taking the product to the world.
Please visit our website for information on CivTech and how to get involved
https://www.civtech.scot/civtech-10-challenge-6-administering-measuring-and-predicting-carbon
https://www.civtech.scot/how-to-apply-civtech-10
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 100
Price
/ Weighting:
0
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:
2024/S 000-023721
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
03/12/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 26
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 26
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 26
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 26
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Sylvera
20 Chiswell St
London
EC1Y 4TW
UK
Telephone: +44 6178522678
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Rethink Carbon Limited
12 Dalfaber Park
Aviemore
PH22 1QF
UK
Telephone: +44 7598233443
NUTS: UKM62
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
Bush Estate
Penicuik
EH26 OQB
UK
Telephone: +44 1314454343
NUTS: UKM73
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 396 300.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Please note that the PCA between CivTech and UKCEH was novated on the 27th November.
The PCA agreement is now between CivTech and:
CWIRI LTD
5 South Charlotte Street,
Edinburgh,
Scotland
EH2 4AN
(SC Ref:817677)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Edinburgh Sheriff Court
27 Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1LB
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/12/2025