Official UK procurement notice
Passive Acoustic Monitoring Equipment
Authority: Forestry Commission (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionForestry England have completed a tender 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.
CPV: Machines and apparatus with individual functions
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£341,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Product Robustness: 10%
- Operational Efficiency: 15%
- Product Support: 10%
- Order Completion: 5%
- Price: 50%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
- Product Robustness
- Operational Efficiency
- Product Support
- Order Completion
- Social Value
- Price
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Jan 2026, 09:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Apr 2026, 14:12 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 6 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
FCCN004560- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-006784- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060431Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 26 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
13 Jan 2026 → 15 Apr 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published288 days ago13 Jan 2026, 09:16 GMT
- Next notice expected278 days ago23 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Market engagement278 days ago23 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
To inform the market of the requirement and to understand interest in this opportunity.
- Tender notice published275 days ago26 Jan 2026, 15:53 GMT
- Clarification questions by258 days ago12 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline244 days ago26 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts237 days ago6 Mar 2026
- Award decision expected by236 days ago6 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent230 days ago13 Mar 2026
- Standstill ends217 days ago25 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published196 days ago15 Apr 2026, 14:12 BST
Notice history
10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Jan 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 Jan 2026, 09:16 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published26 Jan 2026, 15:53 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £341,00026 Jan 2026, 15:53 GMTwas £311,000
- Status changed to active26 Jan 2026, 15:53 GMT
- Procurement method changed26 Jan 2026, 15:53 GMT
- Deadline published: 26 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT26 Jan 2026, 15:53 GMT
- Contract award notice published13 Mar 2026, 09:21 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete13 Mar 2026, 09:21 GMT
- Contract signature expected27 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published15 Apr 2026, 14:12 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-01: 1 release · 13 Jan 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildlife Acoustics Inc.27 Mar 2026 – 30 Apr 2026 | £256,733 | 13 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Wildlife Acoustics Inc.
- Signed
- 26 Mar 2026
- Value
- £297,279
- Period
- 26 Mar 2026 – 30 Apr 2026
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: This is a supply and delivery only contract for a period of one month. There is no ongoing contractual relationship with the supplier and therefore only very limited contract management required.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders | 5 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Wildlife Acoustics Inc.Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender