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Passive Acoustic Monitoring Equipment

Forestry England (for and on behalf of the Forestry Commission) · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 2 Oct 2026, 23:11.

Opportunity overview

Forestry 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.

Awarded to

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Contract value
£297.3k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
26 Mar 2026
Including VAT
£356.7k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PHVQ-5667-VVMG
Location
Maynard, US, 01754-2657, United States

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
FCCN004560
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Forestry England (for and on behalf of the Forestry Commission)
Id
GB-PPON-PLRM-7846-HGLG

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PLRM-7846-HGLG

Address

Street Address
620 Bristol Business Park
Locality
Bristol
Postal Code
BS16 1EJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKK12

Contact

Name
Sam Harris
Telephone
0300 067 4000

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Wildlife Acoustics Inc.
Id
GB-PPON-PHVQ-5667-VVMG

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PHVQ-5667-VVMG

Address

Street Address
3 Mill and Main Place Suite 110
Locality
Maynard
Postal Code
01754-2657
Country
US
Country Name
United States
Region
US

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
goods

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
31640000
Description
Machines and apparatus with individual functions

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PHVQ-5667-VVMG
Name
Wildlife Acoustics Inc.

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
26 Mar 2026, 00:00
No Agreed Metrics Rationale
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.

Period

Starts
26 Mar 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Apr 2026, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
356,734.8
Amount
297,279
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
034257-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
15 Apr 2026, 14:12
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Bristol · UKK12 · BS16 1EJ · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

4 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

4 VERSIONS
  1. 002477-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 006784-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 022682-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  4. 034257-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·