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
- Highland Stoneways Ltd SME
- Value
- £113,100
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Agricultural & horticultural services · Forestry services (CPV 77200000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 030159-2023 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Oct 2023
- Published12 Oct 2023Published the same day
Description
Forestry & Land Scotland (FLS) 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.
About the supplier
Highland Stoneways Ltd: every public contract they have won.