Environmental Surveys

Forestry and Land Scotland (the Authority) looks 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. The Authority also continues to provide vital timber supplies to support a sustainable rural economy. Further information on who the Authority is and what it does can be found here: https://forestryandland.gov.scot/.

The Authority has a requirement for the provision of Environmental Surveys, as part of the process of managing the national forest estate. The surveys are utilised to make operational decisions which will impact of FLS’ mission ‘to look after Scotland’s forests and land, for the benefit of all, now and for the future’.

Survey requirements include:

• Ecological Surveys (animal, bird and plant species);
• Ecological Surveys (habitat walkover survey);
• Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) Surveys (including Rhododendron);
• Peatland Surveys (Depth Assessment, Condition Monitoring and Peatland Code);
• Archaeological (walkover survey); and
• Archaeological (measured survey).

Question Scoring Methodology for Technical Criteria:

0 - Unacceptable - Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate an ability to meet the requirement.

25 - Poor - Response is partially relevant and poor. The response addresses some elements of the requirement but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate how the requirement will be fulfilled.

50 - Acceptable - Response is relevant and acceptable. The response addresses a broad understanding of the requirement but may lack details on how the requirement will be fulfilled in certain areas.

75 - Good - Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good understanding and provides details on how the requirements will be fulfilled.

100 - Excellent - Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates a thorough understanding of the requirement and provides details of how the requirement will be met in full.

Any Bidder that receives a score of zero for one or more Technical criteria will be excluded from the tender.

Any bidder that receives a total Technical score below 50% out of 100% will be excluded from the tender.

Please refer to Schedule 1, Section 6.3 of the 616 T&Cs document, which is one of the document attachments making up the tender pack within PCS-Tender, for a full list of operational reasons for modification under Reg 72 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

The Scottish Government Supplier Journey:

www.supplierjourney.scot

The Buyer Help and Guidance on PCS-T here:

https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/web/buyerhelp.html

The Supplier Developer Programme is available to assist Suppliers with public procurement including training events:

https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 32593. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343