Forestry England Helicopter Services Tender
Provision of helicopter services for aerial surveillance and photography for plant health purposes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
United Kingdom-Bristol: Hire of helicopters with crew
2020/S 228-563043
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Postal address: 620 Coldharbour Lane, Winterbourne
Town: Bristol
NUTS code: UKK SOUTH WEST (ENGLAND)
Postal code: BS16 1EJ
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: arran.price@forestryengland.uk
Telephone: +44 300067400
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://www.forestryengland.uk/
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
Helicopter Services for Aerial Surveillance in Support of Plant Health Operations
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
Provision of helicopter services for aerial surveillance and photography for plant health purposes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
SOUTH WEST (ENGLAND).
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
We will be awarding a framework agreement for the supply of helicopter services for aerial surveillance and photography for plant health purposes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This framework agreement requires provision of helicopter services for aerial surveillance and is therefore not suitable for suppliers of UAV (drone) services.
Due to the legal nature of the requirement for this tender we cannot provide precise financial estimates. We cannot forward forecast the occurrence of disease, any impacts or the budget we can make available. The value of this framework agreement could therefore change subject to these parameters.
Our objective for this framework agreement is to work in close association with the successful bidder to provide expert helicopter services for aerial surveillance and photography for plant health purposes. This will enable us to generate results that are of benefit to the whole forest estate in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. This surveillance work is seen as key to improving the Forestry Commission’s knowledge of tree pest and disease progression and evaluating results of controls already implemented.
As the customer on this framework contract the Forestry Commission will aim to provide operational information to the contractor as soon as it available to help with the successful completion of the contract. There is an expectation of rapid response from the successful bidder, upon our request, to provide piloted aircraft for the work detailed in the framework contract. Due to the nature of the work required and the time frame involved, a high degree of flexibility is required once a call-off contract has been issued.
Operational flexibility is required due to the variable timing of the spring leaf flush, weather conditions, disease progression, photographic conditions, and for contingency planning. A provisional plan will be drawn up between Forestry Commission’s Plant Health Forestry (Tree Health) contacts and the contractor to cover the peak period of April to October but a high degree of flexibility will be required when consolidating the plan and providing rapid response to flight plan requests.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Annual break points will be available within the framework agreement in January each year at which time we will decide whether the framework agreement will continue.
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.3)Additional information:
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Bristol:-Hire-of-helicopters-with-crew./TFUR4ZK4M6
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/TFUR4ZK4M6
Go reference: GO-20201118-PRO-17388077
VI.4.1)Review body
Postal address: 620 Coldharbour Lane, Winterbourne
Town: Bristol
Postal code: BS16 1EJ
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 3000676400
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: