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title: "LiDAR-based Forest Inventory - Data Collection and Processing"
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# LiDAR-based Forest Inventory - Data Collection and Processing

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lidar-based-forest-inventory-data-collection-and-processing-ocds-h6vhtk-04db78). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Forestry England: "LiDAR-based Forest Inventory - Data Collection and Processing". Published status: complete. Published Value: £185,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Forestry England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/forestry-england-gov-ea55)
- **Published Value:** £185,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 March 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Surveying services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £170,871 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lidar-based-forest-inventory-data-collection-and-processing-ocds-h6vhtk-04db78#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04db78`

## 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.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lidar-based-forest-inventory-data-collection-and-processing-ocds-h6vhtk-04db78#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com%2Ftenders%2FUK-UK-Bristol%3A-Surveying-services.%2F3U9N256F4Y)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lidar-based-forest-inventory-data-collection-and-processing-ocds-h6vhtk-04db78#participate

## Description
The work under this contract will produce outputs for a LiDAR-based forest inventory. This involves LiDAR data collection with accompanying field sampling for calibration, and all aspects of data processing to produce forest inventory estimates.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £185,000
- **Description:** The work under this contract will produce outputs for a LiDAR-based forest inventory. This involves LiDAR data collection with accompanying field sampling for calibration, and all aspects of data processing to produce forest inventory estimates. Data...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** LiDAR-Based Forest Inventory - Data Collection and Processing (active)
  - Award id: `045355-2025-FCCN002931-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Arbonaut Oy Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-156701`
  - Value: £170,871 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** LiDAR-Based Forest Inventory - Data Collection and Processing (active)
  - Signed Value: £170,871
  - Signed Date: 10/04/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F045355-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-08-01T15:05:09.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T19:40:48.499Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04db78