Civil Engineering Framework

Forestry and Land Scotland (the Client) manages a network of roads and associated infrastructure, such as bridges, harvesting facilities, and extractive sites (quarries), to support access to and management of Scotland’s national forests and land. In particular, the road network is essential in supporting sustainable harvesting and the haulage of timber.

The scope of this procurement is to provide access to a Civil Engineering Framework for the Client.

The Civil Engineering Framework will be made up of 55 multi-supplier Lots across five Lot Types. The five Lot Types are as follows:

• Maintenance and Small-Scale Works (21 Lots)
• Large-Scale Works and Grading (14 Lots)
• Crushing (9 Lots)
• Bridge Maintenance and New Bridges (10 Lots)
• Panel Bridges (1 Lot)

The maximum number of Lots that each tenderer can submit tenders for in each Lot Type is as follows:

Maintenance and Small-Scale Works - 10 Lots

Large-Scale Works and Grading - 8 Lots

Crushing - 5 Lots

Bridge Maintenance and New Bridges - 5 Lots

Panel Bridges - 1 Lots

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Question Scoring Methodology for Quality (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 tender that receives a score of Fail on one or more Pass/Fail Quality (Technical) questions, a score of less than 2 for one or more Scored Quality (Technical) questions, or a total Quality (Technical) score below 50% out of 100% may be excluded from the tender.

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The Client may modify the Framework Contract, irrespective of the monetary value of modifications, within the scope permitted under Regulation 72(1), and specifically under Regulation 72(1)(a) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, should operational reasons require it as detailed in the procurement documents.

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A tender training webinar will be delivered by the Supplier Development Programme (SDP) during the tender period to provide interested parties with a better understanding of how to tender for the framework. The webinar session will take place on 20/11/2025 from 14:00-15:30.

Attendance at this session is optional. Interested parties can book a place to attend the webinar via the following link – https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events/forestry-and-land-scotland-civil-engineering-opportunity-1956/

SDP is available to assist suppliers with public procurement including training events: https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/

The Scottish Government Supplier Journey: www.supplierjourney.scot

The Buyer Help and Guidance on PCS-T: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/web/buyerhelp.html

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 30370. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343

The Contracting Authority does not intend to include a sub-contract clause as part of community benefits (as per Section 25 of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014) in this contract for the following reason:

The use of sub-contractors will apply to requirements tendered through the framework; however, the Sub-Contract Clause will not be used. Most of the supply base are micro or small businesses, and the application of the Sub-Contract Clause may deter suppliers from tendering.

Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/

A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:

• Engagement with a school/college/university
• Engagement with a local community
• Use of local sub-contractors
• Work placements and/or trainee placements
• Vocational Training to Upskill the Workforce
• Targeted Recruitment
• Apprenticeships