Specialist Forestry Advice Contract Wales

CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Specialist Forestry Advice Service

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

EDP wishes to procure external forestry expertise to support the delivery of commercial business opportunities. This service will provide expert advice on forestry matters as part of marketing and developing commercial opportunities on NRW land (e.g. commercial opportunities arising from the Enterprise Plan under the Energy Development and Recreation & Tourism portfolios). The Energy Delivery Programme (EDP) Management Team will determine when input is required.

Service will include:

Example of Forestry Task & Finish Products:

• Tree / crop valuations and valuation forecasting;

• Site walkovers for forestry purposes;

• Site / habitat assessments;

• Marking sites / coupe marking / coupe planning as necessary;

• Forest Inventory work in line with FC Forest Mensuration Handbook.

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=91370

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

a) Commodity Codes

b) Delivery Location/Area

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage – Any candidate may submit a tender.

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

73179

4.3

Time Limits

Time-limit for receipt of completed tenders
18-06-2019  Time  13:00

Estimated award date
08-07-2019

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

ENWelsh

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST/COMPLETING THE Invitation To Tender (ITT).

1. Tenderers should register on the eTendering portal https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk

2. Once registered, suppliers must express their interest as follows:

a. Login to the etendering portal.

b. Select ITT

c. Select ITT’s Open to all suppliers

d. Access the listing relating to the contract ITT: itt_73179 and view details.

e. Click on ‘Express Interest’ button in the ‘Actions’ box on the left hand side of the page.

3. Once you have expressed your interest, the ITT will move to ‘My ITTs’, where you can download and where you can construct your reply as instructed.

4. For any support in submitting your expression of interest, please contact the eTendering helpdesk on 08003684852 or at help@bravosolution.co.uk

(WA Ref:91370)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice

28-05-2019