Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Forestry and Land Scotland
1 Highlander Way, Inverness Retail Park
Inverness
IV2 7GB
UK
Telephone: +44 1313705541
E-mail: procurement@forestryandland.gov.scot
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://https://forestryandland.gov.scot/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA30371
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
C0141 Steep Ground Harvesting
Reference number: C0141
II.1.2) Main CPV code
77211100
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The authority has appointed a contractor to provide timber felling, cable crane extraction, processing and stacking; using a heavy-duty skyline-based system. The contractor shall also provide traffic management and wood chipping.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
3 830 693.16
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
Main site or place of performance:
A82
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The authority has appointed a contractor to provide timber felling, cable crane extraction, processing and stacking; using a heavy-duty skyline-based system. The contractor shall also provide traffic management and wood chipping.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
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:
2019/S 176-428625
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
14/11/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Duffyskylining
Dunbeg House, Ness Castle
Inverness
IV2 6DJ
UK
Telephone: +44 7836341543
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 3 830 693.16
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Proportion: 14 %
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Whilst the value of the contract has been estimated at 3 830 693,16 GBP the authority may modify the contract, irrespective of the monetary value of modifications, within the scope permitted under Regulation 72 and/or 72(1)(a) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, should operational reasons require it.
Reasons for modification may include:
— a requirement for emergency/reactive operations (i.e. as a result of tree disease),
— a requirement for additional traffic management services (including, but not limited to, those listed under Section 7.3 of the specification of requirements),
— additional budget becoming available for steep ground harvesting operations, or
— additional unforeseeable requirements relating to steep ground harvesting.
(SC Ref:604813)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Forestry and Land Scotland
1 Highlander Way, Inverness Retail Park
Inverness
IV2 7GB
UK
Telephone: +44 1313705541
E-mail: procurement@forestryandland.gov.scot
Internet address(es)
URL: http://https://forestryandland.gov.scot/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
18/11/2019