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
- ACM Plant hire SME
- Value
- £4,227,150
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Agricultural & horticultural services · Forestry services (CPV 77200000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 030565-2023 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Oct 2023
- Published17 Oct 2023Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
Forestry and Land Scotland (the Purchaser) look after the national forests and land to enhance biodiversity, support tourism, and increase access to the green spaces that will help improve Scotland’s physical and mental health and well-being. We also continue to provide vital timber supplies to support a sustainable rural economy. Further information on who we are and what it does can be found here: https://forestryandland.gov.scot/https://forestryandland.gov.scot/ There are extensive areas of deep peat on Scotland’s Forests & Land, including many which are afforested. The Purchaser has committed to manage all peatlands on Scotland’s forests and land in a sustainable manner, maximising the delivery of ecosystem services for the benefit of Scotland’s people and environment. The aim of this contract is to provide specialist peatland restoration services to deliver our programme of restoration of degraded peatlands in line with targets agreed with Scottish Government as part of the wider…
About the supplier
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