Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-03-11
Buyer: Forestry Commission
Country: UK
Region: Highlands and Islands
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45500000 | 71311100
Estimated value: 10400000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-05-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Forest Enterprise Scotland (FES) manages the National Forest Estate in Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Ministers.
To carry out the management of the National Forest Estate the FES requires Civil Engineering Works to support access to, and management of the National Forest Estate.
The core civil engineering works are to deliver the construction and maintenance of the forest road network and associated infrastructure such as harvesting facilities and extractives sites (quarries). The forest roads activity is critical to and driven by the harvesting and marketing of timber. It also supports all other access and management activities. This includes providing a high quality of public access.
In order to carry out the management of the National Forest Estate, Forest Enterprise Scotland requires Civil Engineering Works to support access to, and management of the Estate.
The core civil engineering works are to deliver the construction and maintenance of the forest road network and associated infrastructure such as harvesting facilities and extractives sites (quarries). The forest roads activity is critical to and driven by the harvesting and marketing of timber. It also supports all other access and management activities. This includes providing a high quality of public access.
The works may be programmed several months in advance but will also include unpredictable work that has to be delivered at short notice. Examples of short notice work include reactive maintenance or responding to timber marketing requirements.
Because of the nature of forest roads, the impacts of weather and the varying demands from the timber supply chain it is not possible to say with certainty what work will be required.
In addition to this core work the scope also includes emergency and incidental civil engineering works that require the same competencies and machinery. Examples include drainage works, constructing and maintaining tracks and ways, maintenance of paths, car parks and emergency works such as clearing debris flows and landslips
For more information on the Forestry Commission, Forest Enterprise Scotland and the Forest Districts please see www.forestry.gov.uk
The works are to be carried out to the United Kingdom Forestry standard and the associated guidelines.
All the relevant information can be obtained by accessing the Invitation to tender on the PCST electronic tendering system.
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.
In order to carry out the management of the National Forest Estate, Forest Enterprise Scotland requires Civil Engineering Works to support access to, and management of the Estate.
The core civil engineering works are to deliver the construction and maintenance of the forest road network and associated infrastructure such as harvesting facilities and extractives sites (quarries). The forest roads activity is critical to and driven by the harvesting and marketing of timber. It also supports all other access and management activities. This includes providing a high quality of public access.
The works may be programmed several months in advance but will also include unpredictable work that has to be delivered at short notice. Examples of short notice work include reactive maintenance or responding to timber marketing requirements.


Award value: 10400000