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# CivTech 9.3 - How can we help Wildlife Rangers identify the exact location of every animal larger than 5 kilograms in a specified area in real time, in order to improve forest management and ecological restoration?

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/civtech-9-3-how-can-we-help-wildlife-rangers-identify-the-exact-location-of-every-animal-l-ocds-h6vhtk-03dbeb). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Forestry and Land Scotland: "CivTech 9.3 - How can we help Wildlife Rangers identify the exact location of every animal larger than 5 kilograms in a specified area in real time, in order to improve forest management and ecological restoration?". Published status: complete. Published Value: £650,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Forestry and Land Scotland](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/forestry-and-land-scotland-GB-PPON-PDPY-1437-JTZN)
- **Published Value:** £650,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 22 August 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products, Forest monitoring or evaluation services, Forestry management services, Forestry services, IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £343,720 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/civtech-9-3-how-can-we-help-wildlife-rangers-identify-the-exact-location-of-every-animal-l-ocds-h6vhtk-03dbeb#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03dbeb`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

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- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/civtech-9-3-how-can-we-help-wildlife-rangers-identify-the-exact-location-of-every-animal-l-ocds-h6vhtk-03dbeb#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/civtech-9-3-how-can-we-help-wildlife-rangers-identify-the-exact-location-of-every-animal-l-ocds-h6vhtk-03dbeb#participate

## Description
Protecting Scotland’s forests by achieving sustainable deer densities is vital but requires considerable effort and resource. The inherently secretive nature of deer makes this additionally challenging, further compounded by the deers’ awareness of search ‘giveaways’, such as engine noise.
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) wants to explore approaches that improve its ability to locate deer – which vary considerably in size - and so create greater effectiveness in the management of deer densities by Wildlife Rangers.
The ideal solution will provide real-time exact locations, with accurate counts and species identification.
Please visit our website for information on CivTech and how to get involved: https://www.civtech.scot/how-to-apply-civtech-9
https://www.civtech.scot/civtech-9-challenge-3-real-time-accurate-identification-of-animal-movement

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 03000000, 77200000, 77231000, 77231500
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £650,000
- **Description:** CivTech’s mission is to drive daring and innovation in the public sector by collaboratively solving Challenges that make people’s lives better – and in doing so create generations of sustainable, high growth businesses.
CivTech brings together public...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 022740-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Ben Harrower Consultancy**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-115155`
  - Value: £343,720 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 022740-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £343,720
  - Signed Date: 20/06/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022740-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-07-22T15:31:19.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T19:05:51.887Z
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