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Published 14 Aug 2025, 16:13 BST

Official UK procurement notice

3D Xray CT scanner and 3D laser sorter

Official notice

Authority: Forestry Commission (Public body)

Direct award
Sectors: Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products (03)Agricultural machinery (16) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
+6 moreEast Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Award in standstill 20 Aug 2025no call for competition
Award (standstill) to PhenoKey B.V.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Purchase of a 3D Xray scanner which can be used to analyse seed quality and 3D laser seed sorting machine, which can be used to optically grade and sort seeds

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West
03000000 Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products16000000 Agricultural machinery

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
14 Aug 2025, 16:13 BST
Last source update
20 Aug 2025, 14:10 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050207
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05883a Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
Published justification

Absence of viable alternatives due to highly specialized, integrated nature of this requirement.

No other supplier offers a ready-to-deploy ecosystem combining 3D phenotyping and direct trait-based sorting.

No other supplier offers the necessary algorithms to operate such technologies, especially for forestry seeds.

Off-the-shelf components or manual integration approaches do not meet performance, calibration, or regulatory requirements.

Functional interoperability between imaging and sorting modules is unique to this system and cannot be externally replicated.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

20 Aug 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    20 Aug 2025, 14:10 BST
  2. Standstill ends
    1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Aug 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    14 Aug 2025, 16:13 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    20 Aug 2025, 14:10 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    2 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
PhenoKey B.V.2 Sept 2025 – 1 Sept 2030€1,247,00020 Aug 2025standstill to 1 Sept 2025Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Forestry Commission

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PLRM-7846-HGLG 620 Bristol Business Park, Bristol, South West, BS16 1EJContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • PhenoKey B.V.Awarded supplierGB-PPON: PGTQ-4635-TGMN Vreeburghlaan 2, 's-Gravenzande, NL, 2691AC, NLContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender