Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Forestry and Land Scotland · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Avatan Handling Equipment Ltd SME
- Value
- £640,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Construction materials · Crates (CPV 44619300)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 017621-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Apr 2025
- Published29 Apr 2025Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
Forestry and Land Scotland have appointed a Framework Agreement for the Supply of galvanised storage and lifting crates for the transportation of tree seedilngs following the redevelopment project at our Newton Nursery, Elgin. Newton Nursery was established by the Forestry Commission in 1931, and it has not seen significant investment since the early 1980s, when the facilities were developed to service a growing programme of three (3) to four (4) million trees per year. The annual requirement has doubled since then, and will need to double again in the coming years. The redevelopment project is seeking to utilise innovative technology alongside developing the physical estate to meet these needs, now and into the future. Part of the redevelopment is the construction of a new state-of-the-art 12,000m2 Glasshouse, which will be around the size of two (2) football pitches and capable of growing up to nineteen (19) million trees per year. This modern addition will revolutionise our approac…
About the supplier
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