Passive Acoustic Monitoring Equipment
Estimated value
£311k
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
1
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 VATAbove 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.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Product Robustness | — | quality | 10.00% |
| Operational Efficiency | — | quality | 15.00% |
| Product Support | — | quality | 10.00% |
| Order Completion | — | quality | 5.00% |
| Social Value | — | quality | 10.00% |
| Price | — | price | 50.00% |