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Passive Acoustic Monitoring Equipment

Forestry Commission

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Forestry Commission

Buyer Address: 620 Bristol Business Park, Bristol, UKK12, BS16 1EJ, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Sam Harris

Contact Email: commercial.services@forestryengland.uk

Contact Telephone: 0300 067 4000

Status
active
Procedure
open
Value
341000.0 GBP
Gross: 409200.0 GBP
Published
26 Jan 2026, 15:53
Deadline
26 Feb 2026, 12:00
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
goods
CPV
31640000 - Machines and apparatus with individual functions
Region
n/a
Awarded To
n/a
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

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.

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Opportunity Context

More Information Links

External Link: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006784-2026

Link Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

Lots

Lot 1 Status: active

Lot 1 Value: GBP 341,000.00

Lot 1 Value (Gross): GBP 409,200.00

Lot 1 Contract Start: 2026-03-06T00:00:00Z

Lot 1 Contract End: 2026-04-29T23:59:59Z

Lot 1 SME Suitable: Yes

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Product Robustness (10%)

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Operational Efficiency (15%)

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Product Support (10%)

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Order Completion (5%)

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Social Value (10%)

Lot 1 Award Criterion (price): Price (50%)

Documents

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Document Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

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