Passive Acoustic Monitoring Equipment

Forestry Commission FCcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-060431Procurement Act 2023SME suitableVCSE suitableplanning
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Estimated value

£311k

goods

Awarded value

Suppliers

0

Lots

1

0 awarded

Published

13 Jan 2026

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Description

Forestry England will be tendering for a supply contract for four hundred (400) Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) units with Full Spectrum Ultrasonic and Audible monitoring capability. This is to provide biodiversity data as part of the monitoring programme across our suite of Wild Area project sites. This will inform progress towards our nature recovery objectives and our management planning. The wild area project sites are large and remote with difficult terrain. So the PAM units to be autonomous, accurate, robust and low maintenance, with a high power source and data storage capacity to facilitate long recording periods with minimum maintenance and data downloading requirements during the spring and summer monitoring periods. We aim to go out to tender for this requirement towards the end of January 2026. To register your interest in this requirement, please contact commercial.services@forestryengland.uk and mark your email for the attention of Sam Harris

Scope

Reference
FCCN004560
Total value
£311,000 excluding VAT
£373,200 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
13 Mar 2026 to 29 Apr 2026
Main category
goods
CPV classifications
31640000
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Product Robustnessquality10.00%
Operational Efficiencyquality15.00%
Product Supportquality10.00%
Order Completionquality5.00%
Social Valuequality10.00%
Priceprice50.00%