Tree Shelters and Associated Products

The Forestry and Land Scotland requires the supply and delivery of tree shelters and associated products. Materials supplied shall be for the protection of trees within the National Forest Estate, as well as local flora and fauna.

Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has a requirement to place a single supplier framework with an external service provider for the provision of Tree Shelters and Associated Products.

Tree shelters are translucent tubes which form a protective sleeve around the tree stem, up to 2 metres in height, used to support and protect young trees from mammal damage. Shelters also modify the tree’s microclimate, enhancing survival and growth rates.. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Scoring Methodology Technical:

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

25-Poor-Response is partially relevant but generally 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 Fail for one or more Pass/Fail Technical Questions will be excluded from the tender.

Any Bidder that receives a score of Zero or 25 for any of the SCORED Technical Questions will be excluded from the tender:

Any Bidder that receives an Overall Technical Score below 50% out of 100% will be excluded from the tender.

Bidders should note that although the maximum value of the framework in total has been estimated at 1,600,000 GBP, FLS may modify the framework, irrespective of the monetary value of those modifications, within the scope permitted under Regulation 72(1) of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, should Operational reasons require it.

Please refer to Clauses 2.5 and 2.6 of the FLS-0080-FW Framework Agreement Including Specification document, which is one of the documents consisted within the tender pack on PCS-T, for a full list of operational reasons for modification.

Scottish Government Supplier Journey: https://www.supplierjourney.scot/

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 25661.

The Contracting Authority does not intend to include a sub-contract clause.

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 25661. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343