Upcoming and current procurement

Last Updated: 27 January 2021

This page provides details of the Forestry and Land Scotland procurement pipeline, including: 

• Procurements in Progress
• Dynamic Purchasing Systems Currently Open
• Planned Procurements
• Procurements Recently Awarded
• Requirements Under Consideration
• Procurement Processes and Terms

The Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act requires Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) to produce a 2 year procurement pipeline, to provide potential suppliers with advance notice of future opportunities that may be offered in the marketplace, to assist with planning. FLS will always do its best to provide an accurate pipeline, however plans do and will change from time to time and this page will receive regular updates to reflect any changes that occur. If you would like to find out more about the scope of any of these procurements please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

Procurements in progress

The following procurements are underway. Where links have been provided within the ‘Project title’ column, these will take you to further information about these procurements, including how to tender, where applicable.

Dynamic Purchasing Systems Currently Open

Our Dynamic Purchasing Systems remain open for eligible suppliers to join throughout their life. Further details about our DPS and how to apply are accessible from the links in the ‘Project title’ column below.

Planned Procurements

The table below shows the 2-year FLS procurement pipeline. FLS often carry out pre-market engagement in the form of a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform planned procurements. Links to any live PIN notices are below and potential bidders are encouraged to engage with PIN processes, which will help develop tender requirements. Where known, the expected route to market has been indicated. However, this may change as the tender strategy is developed and for some procurements, this is currently unknown.

Procurements recently awarded

FLS has recently awarded the following contracts. Please use the links provided to view details of successful suppliers, contract values and other relevant information.

Under consideration 

The following table lists requirements that are under consideration for inclusion on FLS' procurement pipeline. These requirements are not yet approved for the pipeline.

Procurement processes and terms

The sections above refer to some legal procurement processes and terms. The notes below provide a short explanation of selected terms to assist understanding:

• A Contract Notice is the online document that advertises the tendering opportunity.
• A Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) is an electronic procurement process where the Contract Notice remains open throughout the lifetime of the DPS, meaning that new suppliers can apply to join it at any time.
• A Framework Agreement is an agreement between one or more contracting authority and one or more supplier which establishes the terms under which call-off contract(s) can be put in place between the parties, during the period that the Framework Agreement is live. The Framework Agreement itself is not a guarantee of work.
• A Call-off Contract is an actual contract put in place by applying the terms of the Framework Agreement. FLS also use the term ‘call-off’ when referring to contracts let via a Dynamic Purchasing System.
• Non-competitive Action – Letting a contract without competition, used in exceptional circumstances when normal procurement rules cannot be followed.
• Where ‘open tender’ is stated below, FLS anticipate the tendering opportunity being advertised on Public Contracts Scotland for any and all potential bidders to apply.
• Where ‘collaborative call-off’ is stated, this means FLS are unlikely to advertise the opportunity on the open market and instead anticipate use of an existing Collaborative Framework Agreement or Dynamic Purchasing System.
• Where we have indicated a ‘Category’, this is the FLS category grouping that we have allocated to the procurement. This helps us route enquiries about particular procurements to the correct teams. 
• More information on procurement journey terms can be found here.

Please note that this page does not provide details of any planned, low value Regional tenders below £50,000 for goods and services, or below £250,000 for works, which are run by invitation via the Public Contracts Scotland Quick Quote facility. This is a standard process used by public sector buyers to advertise low value/low risk procurement requirements.  You can read more about this process here.