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Forestry and Land Scotland

FLS - 1730 Bridge Inspections

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71312000
Value£1.7m
Deadline24 Aug 2026
Published10 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 10 Jul 202631 days leftCloses 24 Aug 2026
Who to contact
procurement@forestryandland.gov.scot
+44 3000676000

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£1.7mtotal contract value
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The brief

Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has a requirement for Bridge Inspections and consists of 6 Lots.

The Client will be appointing a single Consultant to each Lot.

The Lot structure is as follows: Lot 1 – Principal Inspection All Scotland Lot 2 – General Inspection North Scotland Lot 3 – General Inspection East Scotland Lot 4 – General Inspection West Scotland Lot 5 – General Inspection Central Scotland Lot 6 – General Inspection South Scotland Lot 1 (Principal Inspections) will be a national single Consultant Contract covering all 5 Scottish Regions within FLS.

Appendix 1 provides a map of the lot geographical areas for Lots 2 to 6.

The contract will be for a period of 36 months with the option to extend for a further 1 plus 1 plus 1 at 12 months per extension at FLS discretion.

Lot Bidding Restrictions Maximum Number of Tenders - Bidders may submit a maximum of three (3) tenders in total across all lots 1-6. - Bidders may be awarded up to three (3) lots. - Submitting more than three tenders may result in exclusion from the procurement.

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2540 daysof bid-team effort
£17.1k£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates

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Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c825
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
064989-2026
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