Bridge Inspections

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  "id": "062162-2025",
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  "date": "2025-10-03T13:57:48+01:00",
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    "name": "Forestry and Land Scotland"
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        "title": "General Inspection - North",
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        "description": "FLS owns and maintains structures across the estate it manages.  FLS intends to award Contracts for provision of Bridge Inspection Services over the next 4-5 months.  FLS requires inspections to be carried out for road-bridges, cycle-bridges, footbridges and a small number of rural recreational structures such as viewing platforms, towers and board walks (raised timber structure).  The road-bridges are nearly all single lane, and used mainly by forest and construction traffic, as well as the public.\nFLS operates an inspection regime for these structures to ensure that they remain safe to use.  The PIN document (attached as additional information) provides further information on the requirements.\nFurther to our previous PIN notice issued on 16th July 2025 (Ref: 804585), FLS is proposing an alternative lot structure for Bridge Inspections.  As part of our procurement process, we are engaging with the market on a number of key matters to inform our strategy and specification.  We are therefore encouraging potential bidders who are interested in contributing their views to complete the online Supplier Engagement Questionnaire.  Please complete the online Supplier Engagement Questionnaire, the link is contained within the PIN document attachment or accessible via the following link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=R3T3DoMQ7E24nyfHZQdoQDcUqmwi_gJJo-vxU7irx_xUOVVVR0lHU0lPSlpWUDdNRzY1MVNSSzNSTS4u\nResponses must be submitted no later than Friday 17th October 2025 at 1700 hours.\nThis PIN Notice and associated questionnaire is for information gathering and market engagement only, this is not a call for competition and response to the questionnaire will not constitute any form of contract, or commitment to contract from FLS."
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        "description": "FLS owns and maintains structures across the estate it manages.  FLS intends to award Contracts for provision of Bridge Inspection Services over the next 4-5 months.  FLS requires inspections to be carried out for road-bridges, cycle-bridges, footbridges and a small number of rural recreational structures such as viewing platforms, towers and board walks (raised timber structure).  The road-bridges are nearly all single lane, and used mainly by forest and construction traffic, as well as the public.\nFLS operates an inspection regime for these structures to ensure that they remain safe to use.  The PIN document (attached as additional information) provides further information on the requirements.\nFurther to our previous PIN notice issued on 16th July 2025 (Ref: 804585), FLS is proposing an alternative lot structure for Bridge Inspections.  As part of our procurement process, we are engaging with the market on a number of key matters to inform our strategy and specification.  We are therefore encouraging potential bidders who are interested in contributing their views to complete the online Supplier Engagement Questionnaire.  Please complete the online Supplier Engagement Questionnaire, the link is contained within the PIN document attachment or accessible via the following link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=R3T3DoMQ7E24nyfHZQdoQDcUqmwi_gJJo-vxU7irx_xUOVVVR0lHU0lPSlpWUDdNRzY1MVNSSzNSTS4u\nResponses must be submitted no later than Friday 17th October 2025 at 1700 hours.\nThis PIN Notice and associated questionnaire is for information gathering and market engagement only, this is not a call for competition and response to the questionnaire will not constitute any form of contract, or commitment to contract from FLS."
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        "description": "FLS owns and maintains structures across the estate it manages.  FLS intends to award Contracts for provision of Bridge Inspection Services over the next 4-5 months.  FLS requires inspections to be carried out for road-bridges, cycle-bridges, footbridges and a small number of rural recreational structures such as viewing platforms, towers and board walks (raised timber structure).  The road-bridges are nearly all single lane, and used mainly by forest and construction traffic, as well as the public.\nFLS operates an inspection regime for these structures to ensure that they remain safe to use.  The PIN document (attached as additional information) provides further information on the requirements.\nFurther to our previous PIN notice issued on 16th July 2025 (Ref: 804585), FLS is proposing an alternative lot structure for Bridge Inspections.  As part of our procurement process, we are engaging with the market on a number of key matters to inform our strategy and specification.  We are therefore encouraging potential bidders who are interested in contributing their views to complete the online Supplier Engagement Questionnaire.  Please complete the online Supplier Engagement Questionnaire, the link is contained within the PIN document attachment or accessible via the following link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=R3T3DoMQ7E24nyfHZQdoQDcUqmwi_gJJo-vxU7irx_xUOVVVR0lHU0lPSlpWUDdNRzY1MVNSSzNSTS4u\nResponses must be submitted no later than Friday 17th October 2025 at 1700 hours.\nThis PIN Notice and associated questionnaire is for information gathering and market engagement only, this is not a call for competition and response to the questionnaire will not constitute any form of contract, or commitment to contract from FLS."
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        "description": "FLS owns and maintains structures across the estate it manages.  FLS intends to award Contracts for provision of Bridge Inspection Services over the next 4-5 months.  FLS requires inspections to be carried out for road-bridges, cycle-bridges, footbridges and a small number of rural recreational structures such as viewing platforms, towers and board walks (raised timber structure).  The road-bridges are nearly all single lane, and used mainly by forest and construction traffic, as well as the public.\nFLS operates an inspection regime for these structures to ensure that they remain safe to use.  The PIN document (attached as additional information) provides further information on the requirements.\nFurther to our previous PIN notice issued on 16th July 2025 (Ref: 804585), FLS is proposing an alternative lot structure for Bridge Inspections.  As part of our procurement process, we are engaging with the market on a number of key matters to inform our strategy and specification.  We are therefore encouraging potential bidders who are interested in contributing their views to complete the online Supplier Engagement Questionnaire.  Please complete the online Supplier Engagement Questionnaire, the link is contained within the PIN document attachment or accessible via the following link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=R3T3DoMQ7E24nyfHZQdoQDcUqmwi_gJJo-vxU7irx_xUOVVVR0lHU0lPSlpWUDdNRzY1MVNSSzNSTS4u\nResponses must be submitted no later than Friday 17th October 2025 at 1700 hours.\nThis PIN Notice and associated questionnaire is for information gathering and market engagement only, this is not a call for competition and response to the questionnaire will not constitute any form of contract, or commitment to contract from FLS."
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        "description": "FLS owns and maintains structures across the estate it manages.  FLS intends to award Contracts for provision of Bridge Inspection Services over the next 4-5 months.  FLS requires inspections to be carried out for road-bridges, cycle-bridges, footbridges and a small number of rural recreational structures such as viewing platforms, towers and board walks (raised timber structure).  The road-bridges are nearly all single lane, and used mainly by forest and construction traffic, as well as the public.\nFLS operates an inspection regime for these structures to ensure that they remain safe to use.  The PIN document (attached as additional information) provides further information on the requirements.\nFurther to our previous PIN notice issued on 16th July 2025 (Ref: 804585), FLS is proposing an alternative lot structure for Bridge Inspections.  As part of our procurement process, we are engaging with the market on a number of key matters to inform our strategy and specification.  We are therefore encouraging potential bidders who are interested in contributing their views to complete the online Supplier Engagement Questionnaire.  Please complete the online Supplier Engagement Questionnaire, the link is contained within the PIN document attachment or accessible via the following link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=R3T3DoMQ7E24nyfHZQdoQDcUqmwi_gJJo-vxU7irx_xUOVVVR0lHU0lPSlpWUDdNRzY1MVNSSzNSTS4u\nResponses must be submitted no later than Friday 17th October 2025 at 1700 hours.\nThis PIN Notice and associated questionnaire is for information gathering and market engagement only, this is not a call for competition and response to the questionnaire will not constitute any form of contract, or commitment to contract from FLS."
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  "description": "Please complete the online Supplier Engagement Questionnaire, the link is contained within the PIN document attachment or accessible via the following link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=R3T3DoMQ7E24nyfHZQdoQDcUqmwi_gJJo-vxU7irx_xUOVVVR0lHU0lPSlpWUDdNRzY1MVNSSzNSTS4u\nResponses must be submitted no later than Friday 17th October 2025 at 1700 hours.\nThis PIN Notice and associated questionnaire is for information gathering and market engagement only, this is not a call for competition and response to the questionnaire will not constitute any form of contract, or commitment to contract from Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS).\nNo information provided in response to this PIN will be used to form judgements regarding supplier performance, capacity or capability under any current or future procurement process.  FLS are aware that your responses may contain commercially sensitive information pertaining to your business.  All information submitted in response to this PIN may need to be disclosed and/or published by FLS.  FLS may disclose information in accordance with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2022 (the Act).  Accordingly, if you consider that any of the information provided in your response is commercially confidential, please identify it and explain what harm might result from its disclosure and/or publication.  It should be noted that, even where you have indicated that information is commercially sensitive, FLS may disclose this information in accordance with the provision of the Act or any other legal duty.\nNOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=811999.\n(SC Ref:811999)",
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