Forestry Commission: Plant Health Cross Border Service

UK-Edinburgh: Forestry services.


Preliminary Questions
   This notice is for prior information only: Yes
   This notice aims at reducing time-limits for receipt of tenders: No
   This notice is a call for competition: No
         
Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
       Forestry Commission, Silvan House
       231 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh, EH12 7AT, United Kingdom
       Email: plant.health@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
       Contact: Sophie McKenzie
       Main Address: www.forestry.gov.uk/selltous
       NUTS Code: UK
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
   The contract involves joint procurement: No.
   The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No .

I.3) Communication          
   Further information can be obtained from: the above mentioned address

I.4) Type of the contracting authority    
   Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity:    
   Other activity: Forestry

Section II: Object
      
II.1) Scope of the procurement - 1
   II.1.1) Title: Plant Health Cross Border Service    
          Reference number: FEE/0489
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      77200000 - Forestry services.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   II.1.4) Short description:    
      The Forestry Commission’s Plant Health Cross Border Service has a future opportunity for the inspection of timber at ports of entry into Great Britain together with other work related to the detection of quarantine forestry pests and diseases . The Forestry Commission are holding a market engagement event to invite potential suppliers to hear more about this work and find out more about the requirement. This purpose of this event is to inform potential suppliers of our intended tender process to ensure that the widest possible range of potential suppliers (including SMEs) are able to bid for this future work.

Companies interested in attending should (by 14th March 2018) notify Sophie McKenzie at plant.health@forestry.gsi.gov.uk to receive further information on the event and to register.          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value: Not Provided
   II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: Yes          
      Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: Not Provided       
      The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description : 1          
   II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):       
      77200000 - Forestry services.       
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UK - UNITED KINGDOM    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      The Forestry Commission’s Plant Health Cross Border Service has a future opportunity for the inspection of timber at ports of entry into Great Britain together with other work related to the detection of quarantine forestry pests and diseases . The Forestry Commission are holding a market engagement event to invite potential suppliers to hear more about this work and find out more about the requirement. This purpose of this event is to inform potential suppliers of our intended tender process to ensure that the widest possible range of potential suppliers (including SMEs) are able to bid for this future work.

Companies interested in attending should (by 14th March 2018) notify Sophie McKenzie at plant.health@forestry.gsi.gov.uk to receive further information on the event and to register.    
   II.2.14) Additional information       
      Not Provided

II.3) Estimated Date of publication
         17/09/2018
      
      
Section IV: Procedure   

IV.1) Description       
   IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - YES

Section VI: Complementary Information    
VI.3) Additional Information:       
   Companies interested in attending should (by 14th March 2018) notify Sophie McKenzie at plant.health@forestry.gsi.gov.uk to receive further information on the event and to register.
To view this notice, please click here:
https://forestrycommission.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=303761008
GO-2018221-PRO-11944218 TKR-2018221-PRO-11944217        

VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 21/02/2018